But though it is quite easy to trace the harmonic and melodic influence of Wagner on humperdinck or Strauss, I quite fail to see either influence on Verdi.
"Shakespeare and Music"
Christopher Wilson
This is exactly what humperdinck has given us.
"Shakespeare and Music"
Christopher Wilson
The best that has been done in the Wagnerian line belongs to humperdinck.
"A Second Book of Operas"
Henry Edward Krehbiel