Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- PART I THE LIFE OF WAGNER
- CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF A GENIUS
- CHAPTER II THE FIRST OPERAS
- CHAPTER III KÖNIGSBERG AND RIGA
- CHAPTER IV “THE END OF A MUSICIAN IN PARIS”
- CHAPTER V BEGINNING OF FAME AND HOSTILITY
- CHAPTER VI “LOHENGRIN” AND “DIE MEISTERSINGER”
- CHAPTER VII “ART AND REVOLUTION”
- CHAPTER VIII PREACHING WHAT HE PRACTISED
- CHAPTER IX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
- CHAPTER X A SECOND END IN PARIS
- CHAPTER XI A MONARCH TO THE RESCUE
- CHAPTER XII SOME IDEALS REALISED
- CHAPTER XIII FINIS CORONAT OPUS
- CHAPTER XIV THE LAST DRAMA
- CHAPTER XV THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
- PART II THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER
- PART III THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS
- APPENDIX A THE YOUTHFUL SYMPHONY
- APPENDIX B WAGNER AND THE BALLET
- INDEX
CHAPTER XV - THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- PART I THE LIFE OF WAGNER
- CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF A GENIUS
- CHAPTER II THE FIRST OPERAS
- CHAPTER III KÖNIGSBERG AND RIGA
- CHAPTER IV “THE END OF A MUSICIAN IN PARIS”
- CHAPTER V BEGINNING OF FAME AND HOSTILITY
- CHAPTER VI “LOHENGRIN” AND “DIE MEISTERSINGER”
- CHAPTER VII “ART AND REVOLUTION”
- CHAPTER VIII PREACHING WHAT HE PRACTISED
- CHAPTER IX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
- CHAPTER X A SECOND END IN PARIS
- CHAPTER XI A MONARCH TO THE RESCUE
- CHAPTER XII SOME IDEALS REALISED
- CHAPTER XIII FINIS CORONAT OPUS
- CHAPTER XIV THE LAST DRAMA
- CHAPTER XV THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
- PART II THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER
- PART III THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS
- APPENDIX A THE YOUTHFUL SYMPHONY
- APPENDIX B WAGNER AND THE BALLET
- INDEX
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- Richard WagnerHis Life and his Dramas; a Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of his Work, pp. 154 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013