Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Contents

• List of illustrations
• General preface
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Composition and performance details
• 1. The sources and genesis of the text John Warrack
• 2. Synopsis John Warrack
• 3. Sachs, Beckmesser, and Mastersong John Warrack
• 4: Sachs and Schopenhauer Lucy Beckett
• 5. Richard Wagner and Hans Sachs Michael Tanner
• 6. Die Meistersinger: naive or sentimental art? Lucy Beckett
• 7. Wahn, words and music John Warrack
• 8. Stage history Patrick Carnegy
• Appendices: 1. The Wahn monologue
• 2. Sachs's final address
• 3. The original Prize Song
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.