Wagner: The Complete Experience and Its Meaning to Us

Contents

• Vol. 1
• Preface
• Note on illustrations
• Thanks and acknowledgements
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD WAGNER
• 2. TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF WAGNER'S FASCINATION
• 3. TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WAGNER'S FASCINATION
• 4. RIDDLES FROM THE DARK. The Child is Father of The Man (1)
• 5. SOURCES OF A GENIUS. The Child is Father of The Man (2)
• 6. FACES OF A GENIUS
• 7. FEMME INSPIRATRICE, FEMME FATALE – Minna Wagner and Her Successors
• 8. THE MIRACLE OF THE MUSIC 9. PUZZLES, OBSTRUCTIONS AND OBJECTIONS
• VOLUME TWO – THE OPERAS
• 10. DIE FEEN
• 11. DAS LIEBESVERBOT
• 12. RIENZI
• 13. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
• 14. TANNHÄUSER
• 15. LOHENGRIN
• VOLUME THREE – THE OPERAS (CONTINUED)
• 16. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
• 17. DAS RHEINGOLD 18. DIE WALKÜRE
• 19. SIEGFRIED
• 20. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
• 21. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
• 22. DIE MEISTERSINGER
• 23. PARSIFAL
• List of illustrations
• Bibliography
• Index