I'm doing my best to not puff my words, but this essay convinced me of the effectiveness of music at conveying these ideas of not only the exact time from which they came, but also an acknowledgement of earlier pieces of Romantic work such as Beethoven's Eroica and, through artistic foresight, an early precursor to modern ideas of an anti-hero. You've thoroughly convinced me that this should be preserved as a work of all aspects of art: history, philosophy, and pure sensational enjoyment (albeit lengthy, but that's the best brand of sensational enjoyment). One thing I'd like to know is if there are any works post-Wagner that acknowledged the realities of human life in the same medium that you're aware of or may have found in your research that you can recommend.