Heinrich Leopold Wagner has been described as "the least noteworthy of the German Storm and Stress writers" and as having been "tactless," "indiscreet," "affected," and above all "unpleasant." His contemporary Philipp Karl Diehl noted in a letter of...

WAGNER: Leopold Stokowski ANDANTE AND 1130 5 CDs It is difficult to recall, even for those of us old enough to do so, a time when Wagner simply was not available. When I was an enthusiastic young Wagnerite there was no recording...

The first of these books leads to the second, and both make considerable, as well as enjoyable, complementary reading. Curt Meine's biography brings into clear focus the life of Aldo Leopold, ecologist and philosopher, whose thought evolved to produce the famed 'Land...