About the book: 1934 / The book tells about the German composer Wagner."How should we treat Wagner? Perhaps we should discard him, since he is a reactionary?.. Uncritically accept?.. Neither one nor the other... Woe to the one who impoverishes the world by crossing out Wagner with a censor’s pencil. Woe to the one who lets this wizard into our camp.” A.V. Lunacharsky.