Richard Wagner: New Light on a Musical Life

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements  ix
• Preface  1
• Introduction  3
•   1. A Child of War: 1813–1821  9
•   2. The Child as Victim: 1821–1830  23
•   3. Student in Leipzig: 1823–1833  33
•   4. Minna and Magdeburg: 1833–1840  44
•   5. Russia, England and Paris (First Sojourn): 1837–1842  54
•   6. Kapellmeister in Dresden—Premieres of Rienzi,The Flying Dutchman and Tannhäuser: 1840–1849  64
•   7. Revolution in Dresden: 1848–1850  75
•   8. Wagner and Liszt—The Premiere of Lohengrin: 1849–1850  82
•   9. Refuge in Zurich—The Development of Big Plans: 1850–1857  90
• 10. The Idea of the Ring: Italy: 1857–1858  98
• 11. The Wesendoncks: 1858–1859  107
• 12. Venice, Switzerland and Paris: 1859–1861  113
• 13. Paris and Tannhäuser: 1860–1861  122
• 14. Vienna, Russia and Matrimonial Crisis: 1861–1864  131
• 15. The Rescue by King Ludwig II of Bavaria: 1864–1865  139
• 16. Tristan in Munich: 1864–1865  147
• 17. The Triangle in Triebschen: 1865–1870  153
• 18. Meistersinger Premiere in Munich: 1868–1871  162
• 19. Hans, Cosima and King Ludwig: 1870–1874  169
• 20. The Idea of Bayreuth—The Premiere of the Ring: 1873–1876  175
• 21. Wagner and Nietzsche: 1876–1880  182
• 22. Parsifal: 1881–1882  191
• 23. Death in Venice: 1883  201
• Conclusion: A Life of Extremes  207
• Bibliography  211
• Index  215