Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work
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RICHARD WAGNER HIS LIFE AND HIS DRAMAS A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work
TO ROBERT EDWIN BONNER
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART I—THE LIFE OF WAGNER
PART II—THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER
PART III—THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS
PART I THE LIFE OF WAGNER
RICHARD WAGNER
CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF A GENIUS
CHAPTER II THE FIRST OPERAS
CHAPTER III KÖNIGSBERG AND RIGA
CHAPTER IV “THE END OF A MUSICIAN IN PARIS”
CHAPTER V BEGINNING OF FAME AND HOSTILITY
CHAPTER VI “LOHENGRIN” AND “DIE MEISTERSINGER”
CHAPTER VII “ART AND REVOLUTION”
CHAPTER VIII PREACHING WHAT HE PRACTISED
CHAPTER IX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
CHAPTER X A SECOND END IN PARIS
CHAPTER XI A MONARCH TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XII SOME IDEALS REALISED
CHAPTER XIII FINIS CORONAT OPUS
CHAPTER XIV THE LAST DRAMA
CHAPTER XV THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
PART II THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER
CHAPTER I THE LYRIC DRAMA AS HE FOUND IT
CHAPTER II THE REFORMS OF WAGNER
CHAPTER III THE MUSICAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER IV THE SYSTEM AS COMPLETED
PART III THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS
INTRODUCTORY
RIENZI THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES
RIENZI
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG
TANNHÄUSER
LOHENGRIN
LOHENGRIN
I.—The Book
II.—The Music
I.—The Book
II.—The Music
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
I.—Sources of the Story
II.—Wagner’s Dramatic Poem
III.—The Musical Exposition
I.—Sources of the Story
II.—Wagner’s Dramatic Poem
III.—The Musical Exposition
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
DAS RHEINGOLD
DIE WALKÜRE
SIEGFRIED
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
I.—The Sources of the Poems
II.—The Story as Told by Wagner
III.—The Music of the Trilogy
I.—The Sources of the Poems
II.—The Story as Told by Wagner
III.—The Music of the Trilogy
PARSIFAL
PARSIFAL
I.—The Original Legends
II.—The Drama of Wagner
III.—The Musical Plan
I.—The Original Legends
II.—The Drama of Wagner
III.—The Musical Plan
APPENDIX A THE YOUTHFUL SYMPHONY
APPENDIX B WAGNER AND THE BALLET
INDEX
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B
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