The Definitive Biography of Edgar Allan Poe is: Edgar Allan Poe, A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn.
A more recent effort is: Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy by Jeffrey Myers.
A brief but comprehensive overview is contained in Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living by Paul Collins.
The intro and outro music was the Introduction and Rondo Cappriccioso, Op. 28 by Camille Saint-Saens. This version is in the public domain.