Wagner as I Knew Him

Contents

• Dedication;
• 1. 'The child is father to the man';
• 2. His visit to an uncle;
• 3. Wagner enters the Kreuzschule, Dresden;
• 4. Leipzic;
• 5. Revolution and romanticism;
• 6. Life and troubles at Magdeburg;
• 7. First impressions;
• 8. Boulogne, 1839;
• 9. Paris, 1839-42;
• 10. Paris, 1839-42 (cont.);
• 11. Dresden, 1842-3;
• 12. Hostility of the Dresden press;
• 13. 'Tannhauser';
• 14. The Saxon revolution;
• 15. The new chamber of deputies;
• 16. Wagner seeks asylum in Paris;
• 17. 'Judaism in music';
• 18. Wagner invited to London;
• 19. The 9th Symphony rehearsed;
• 20. Letters of Wagner;
• 21. Zurich 1856;
• 22. Wagner's health shattered;
• 23. Letters from Wagner;
• 24. Munich.