The Perfect Wagnerite
- Subtitle
- A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
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Table of contents
1. Front matter2. Preface to the First German Edition3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION4. Preface to the First Edition5. PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS6. THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS7. THE RHINE GOLD8. WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST9. THE VALKYRIES10. SIEGFRIED11. BACK TO OPERA AGAIN12. SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT13. PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM14. DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN15. THE LOVE PANACEA16. NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE17. ANARCHISM NO PANACEA18. SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED19. PROLOGUE20. A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY21. FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED22. WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND23. WAGNER'S OWN EXPLANATION24. THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST25. THE MUSIC OF THE RING26. THE CHARACTERIZATION27. THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC28. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY29. THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE30. BAYREUTH31. BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND32. WAGNERIAN SINGERS