PART III—THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS

PART III—THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS

Introductory213

Rienzi221

Der Fliegende Holländer234

Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg250

Lohengrin270

I—The Book272

II—The Music283

Tristan und Isolde293

I—Sources of the Story294

II—Wagner's Dramatic Poem300

III—The Musical Exposition315

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg328

Der Ring des Nibelungen355

I—The Sources of the Poems364

II—The Story as Told by Wagner388

III—The Music of the Trilogy422

Parsifal446

I—The Original Legends447

II—The Drama of Wagner461

III—The Musical Plan473

Appendix A—The Youthful Symphony481

Appendix B—Wagner and the Ballet487

Index491