Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas
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- A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work
W. J. (William James) Henderson
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. PART I—THE LIFE OF WAGNER4. PART II—THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER5. PART III—THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS6. CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF A GENIUS7. CHAPTER II THE FIRST OPERAS8. CHAPTER III KÖNIGSBERG AND RIGA9. CHAPTER IV “THE END OF A MUSICIAN IN PARIS”10. CHAPTER V BEGINNING OF FAME AND HOSTILITY11. CHAPTER VI “LOHENGRIN” AND “DIE MEISTERSINGER”12. CHAPTER VII “ART AND REVOLUTION”13. CHAPTER VIII PREACHING WHAT HE PRACTISED14. CHAPTER IX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND15. CHAPTER X A SECOND END IN PARIS16. CHAPTER XI A MONARCH TO THE RESCUE17. CHAPTER XII SOME IDEALS REALISED18. CHAPTER XIII FINIS CORONAT OPUS19. CHAPTER XIV THE LAST DRAMA20. CHAPTER XV THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN21. PART II THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER22. CHAPTER I THE LYRIC DRAMA AS HE FOUND IT23. CHAPTER II THE REFORMS OF WAGNER24. CHAPTER III THE MUSICAL SYSTEM25. CHAPTER IV THE SYSTEM AS COMPLETED26. INTRODUCTORY27. RIENZI THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES28. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER29. TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG30. LOHENGRIN31. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE32. DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG33. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN34. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (continued 2)35. PARSIFAL36. APPENDIX A THE YOUTHFUL SYMPHONY37. APPENDIX B WAGNER AND THE BALLET38. INDEX39. Belles-Lettres40. Literary and Historic Haunts.