Word: pith
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Roger H. Sessions offers a generous, and enthusiastic appraisal of Mr. Ernest Newman's "Wagner as Man and Artist." In a patient and thoroughly intelligent analysis, he presents the pith of what seems to be a significant accession to the library of Wagneriana. With the exception of an exuberant challenge to those who might differ with one of his conclusions, Mr. Sessions is temperate, betrays an extraordinary sense of proportion, and a convincing ecquaintance with much that has been said for and against a unique artist...