"William Henry Fry's Messianic Yearnings: The Eleven Lecturs, 1852-53."  This article details a perceived "Messiac Yearning" from William Fry inherent in his Plays and Operas. Specifically this is detailing a period after his November of 1952 return from Europe after heavy success as musical journalist detailing the Transatlantic scene to promote a series of Lectures/Concerts in which the extremely ambitious goal of showing all of music was promised .