PART I—THE LIFE OF WAGNER

PART I—THE LIFE OF WAGNER

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I—The Boyhood of a Genius1

II—The First Operas14

III—Königsberg and Riga27

IV—"The End of a Musician in Paris"38

V—Beginning of Fame and Hostility50

VI—"Lohengrin" and "Die Meistersinger"64

VII—"Art and Revolution"73

VIII—Preaching What He Practised85

IX—A Stranger in a Strange Land96

X—A Second End in Paris105

XI—A Monarch to the Rescue117

XII—Some Ideals Realised127

XIII—Finis Coronat Opus136

XIV—The Last Drama146

XV—The Character of the Man154