Dedicated to my Friend,
M.A. McC.
PREFACE.
These short sketches, which can be read in a few moments' time, are intended to give the reader as clear as possible an outline of the great dramatist-composer's work.
The author is deeply indebted to Professor G.T. Dippold, to Messrs. Forman, Jackman, and Corder, and to the Oliver Ditson Company, for the poetical quotations scattered throughout the text.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes | [7] |
| The Flying Dutchman | [23] |
| Tannhäuser | [38] |
| Lohengrin | [56] |
| Tristan and Ysolde | [72] |
| The Master-Singers of Nuremberg | [88] |
| The Nibelung's Ring.—Rheingold | [105] |
| The Walkyrie | [120] |
| Siegfried | [138] |
| Dusk of the Gods | [154] |
| Parsifal | [172] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Richard Wagner | [Frontispiece] |
| Banishment of Rienzi | [7] |
| Senta | [23] |
| Tannhäuser and Venus | [38] |
| Ortrud kneeling before Elsa | [56] |
| Tristan's Death | [72] |
| Walther crowned by Eva | [88] |
| The Rhine Maidens | [105] |
| Brunhilde discovering Siegmund and Sieglinde | [120] |
| Siegfried and Mime | [138] |
| Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens | [154] |
| Parsifal in the Enchanted Garden | [172] |
