Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Bayreuth as Told in the Bayreuth Letters In order to be able to see the life work of Richard Wagner in its true perspective it is necessary always to keep in mind Bayreuth, where the spirit of the great composer is ever revived by fresh artistic deeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.