Home › Music › Richard Wagner: His Life and His Dramas › Part II — The Artistic Aims of WagnerRichard Wagner: His Life and His Dramasby W. J. Henderson18 of 33 · Contents · Download EPUBPart II The Artistic Aims of Wagner “Every bar of dramatic music is justified only by the fact that it explains something in the action or in the character of the actor.”—Wagner to Liszt, September, 1850. ‹ PreviousChapter XV — The Character of the ManNext ›Chapter I — The Lyric Drama as He Found It123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233← Back to Richard Wagner: His Life and His Dramas