THE PERFECT WAGNERITE
A COMMENTARY ON
THE NIBLUNG'S RING
by Bernard Shaw
CONTENTS
[ Preface to the First German Edition ]
[ PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ]
[ Preface to the First Edition ]
[ THE PERFECT WAGNERITE ]
[ PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS ]
[ THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS ]
[ THE RHINE GOLD ]
[ WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST ]
[ THE VALKYRIES ]
[ SIEGFRIED ]
[ BACK TO OPERA AGAIN ]
[ SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT ]
[ PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM ]
[ DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN ]
[ THE LOVE PANACEA ]
[ NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE ]
[ ANARCHISM NO PANACEA ]
[ SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED ]
[ NIGHT FALLS ON THE GODS ]
[ PROLOGUE ]
[ A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY ]
[ FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED ]
[ WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND ]
[ WAGNER'S OWN EXPLANATION ]
[ THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST ]
[ THE MUSIC OF THE RING ]
[ THE CHARACTERIZATION ]
[ THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC ]
[ THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ]
[ THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE ]
[ BAYREUTH ]
[ BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND ]
[ WAGNERIAN SINGERS ]
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