Richard Wagner

About this eBook

Author

Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937

Title

Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Operas

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 44767

Release Date

January 26, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RICHARD WAGNER HIS LIFE AND HIS DRAMAS A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work
2. 2.TO ROBERT EDWIN BONNER
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — PART I —THE LIFE OF WAGNER — PART II —THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER — PART III —THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS
5. 5.PART I THE LIFE OF WAGNER
6. 6.RICHARD WAGNER
7. 7.CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF A GENIUS
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE FIRST OPERAS
9. 9.CHAPTER III KÖNIGSBERG AND RIGA
10. 10.CHAPTER IV “THE END OF A MUSICIAN IN PARIS”
11. 11.CHAPTER V BEGINNING OF FAME AND HOSTILITY
12. 12.CHAPTER VI “LOHENGRIN” AND “DIE MEISTERSINGER”
13. 13.CHAPTER VII “ART AND REVOLUTION”
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII PREACHING WHAT HE PRACTISED
15. 15.CHAPTER IX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
16. 16.CHAPTER X A SECOND END IN PARIS
17. 17.CHAPTER XI A MONARCH TO THE RESCUE
18. 18.CHAPTER XII SOME IDEALS REALISED
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII FINIS CORONAT OPUS
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV THE LAST DRAMA
21. 21.CHAPTER XV THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
22. 22.PART II THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER
23. 23.CHAPTER I THE LYRIC DRAMA AS HE FOUND IT
24. 24.CHAPTER II THE REFORMS OF WAGNER
25. 25.CHAPTER III THE MUSICAL SYSTEM
26. 26.CHAPTER IV THE SYSTEM AS COMPLETED
27. 27.PART III THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS
28. 28.INTRODUCTORY
29. 29.RIENZI THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES — RIENZI
30. 30.DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER — THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
31. 31.TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG — TANNHÄUSER
32. 32.LOHENGRIN — LOHENGRIN — I.—The Book — II.—The Music
33. 33.TRISTAN UND ISOLDE — TRISTAN UND ISOLDE — I.—Sources of the Story — II.—Wagner’s Dramatic Poem — III.—The Musical Exposition
34. 34.DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG — DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
35. 35.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
36. 36.PARSIFAL — PARSIFAL — I.—The Original Legends — II.—The Drama of Wagner — III.—The Musical Plan
37. 37.APPENDIX A THE YOUTHFUL SYMPHONY
38. 38.APPENDIX B WAGNER AND THE BALLET
39. 39.INDEX — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W
40. 40.Belles-Lettres — BROWNING, POET AND MAN — TENNYSON — THE ROSSETTIS: DANTE GABRIEL AND CHRISTINA — PETRARCH
41. 41.Literary and Historic Haunts. — Where Ghosts Walk. — Some Colonial Homesteads — More Colonial Homesteads — Little Journeys to the Homes of
42. 42.FOOTNOTES

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