Richard Wagner, Composer of Operas

by John F. Runciman

Abendzeitung (Dresden), [75]
Apel, August, [41], [51]
Auber, D.F.E.,
Masaniello, 47, 89;
compared with Meyerbeer, [67], [68]
Avenarius, Eduard,
marries Cäcilie Geyer, [72]
Bakunin, Michael, [136], [196]
Baumgärtner, Wilhelm, [209]
Bayreuth, [71], [323], [325-329], [400], [407], [409], [410]
Beethoven, Ludwig van, [25], [26], [330], [331], [347], [350], [356], [371], [408], [416];
his influence on Wagner, [33-35], [42], [62];
arrangements of, by Wagner, [37];
Fidelio, [148]
Bellini, Vincenzo, [50], [92], [116], [150], [178]
Bennett, Joseph, [328]
Berlioz, Hector,
Wagner's criticism on, [71];
tragedy of his life, [72];
praises the Flying Dutchman, [128];
in London, [225];
his relations with Wagner, [226];
his "Ride to the Abyss," [370]
Bethmann, Heinrich, [52], [54]
Bispham, David, [277]
Brahms, Johannes, [164]
Brangaena, [245-248]
Brazil,
Wagner receives a commission from, [230], [237]
Brendel, Karl Franz, [50], [218]
Brockhaus, Friedrich,
marries Louise Wagner, [32]
Bülow, Cosima von,
and Wagner, [60], [323-325]
Bülow, Hans von, [71], [250], [418];
serves his apprenticeship under Wagner, [208];
married to Cosima Liszt, [323], [324]
Communication to my Friends, [219]
Cornelius, Peter, [71], [418]
Cusins, W.G., [46], [134]
Dannreuther, Edward, [37], [67]
Davison, J.W., [46]
Dietsch, Pierre, [80]
Dorn, Heinrich, [32], [37], [39], [40], [57]
Dusk of the Gods, The, [178], [188], [325], [356], [373], [398];
analysis and criticism, [400-406]
Dvoràk, Anton,
compared with Wagner, [291], [292]
Elgar, Sir Edward, [291]
End in Paris, An, [212], [213]
Europa, [75]
Feen, Die, [42], [47], [48], [50], [52], [56], [60-63], [72], [86], [93], [137]
Feuerbach, Ludwig, [232], [408]
Fischer, Wilhelm, [76], [126], [205], [206], [220], [231]
Flying Dutchman, The, [65], [66], [80], [81], [127], [128], [137], [170], [187], [219], [243], [356], [385];
analysis and criticism, [94-120];
produced at Zurich, [208]
Gazette Musicale, La, [70], [75]
Gewandhaus Concerts, [33], [45], [46]
Geyer, Cäcilie, [14], [16], [30], [72]
Geyer, Ludwig, [4], [6-14];
marries Frau Wagner, [8]; his death, [14]
Geyer, goldsmith at Eisleben, [11], [17]
Glasenapps Life of Wagner, [8], [16], [19], [39], [66], [167]
Gluck, [416], [417];
his Iphigenia in Aulis overture revised by Wagner, [209], [219]
Goethe, J.W. von, Die Laune des Verliebten, [35]
Götterdämmerung. See Dusk of the Gods
Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan, [238]
Gozzi, La Donna Serpente, [60]
Habeneck, F.A., [69], [70]
Hallé, Sir Charles, [64], [73], [327]
Handel, G.F., [11], [330], [331], [390], [416];
the "Horse and his Rider" chorus, 371, 372;
Israel in Egypt, 377
Hanslick, Eduard, [164]
Happy Evening, A, [213]
Harris, Sir Augustus, [346]
Hauser, Franz, [49]
Heine, Heinrich, [64], [66], [70], [76-78], [94], [126], [205], [206]
Heubner, Otto, [196]
Hochzeit Die, [45], [47]
Hoffmann, E.T.A., [30]
Huldigungsmarsch, [59]
Jensen, Adolf, [71], [418]
Jesus of Nazareth, [196]
Jews, Wagner and the, [49], [50], [57], [217-219]
Joly, Anténor, [69], [74]
Judaism in Music, [31], [50], [134], [217-219]
Kaisermarsch, [59]
Kittl, Friedrich, [45]
Laube, Heinrich, [51], [70]
Lehrs, F. Siegfried, [72], [82], [128]
Leitmotiv, discussion of the, [170], [356], [357]
Lewald, August, [75]
Liebesverbot, Das, [51], [53], [56], [72], [74], [86], [137]
Liszt, Cosima. See Wagner, Cosima
Liszt, Franz, [71], [128], [156], [237], [238], [348], [378], [388];
his first acquaintance with Wagner, [82], [83];
helps him to escape to Zurich, [136], [194];
produces Tannhaüser at Weimar, [164];
sends him to Paris, [194];
his generosity and friendship, [195], [196], [199], [202], [208], [418];
produces Lohengrin, [200], [201], [210]
Lohengrin, [72], [82], [128], [137], [196], [197], [219], [332], [341], [358], [375];
analysis and criticism, [165-192];
the leitmotiv first introduced, [170];
produced by Liszt at Weimar, [200], [201], [210]
Love-feast of the Apostles, The, [38], [126]
Ludwig II, King, [239], [319], [321], [322], [327-329], [395], [409], [410], [413]
Lüttichau, von, [76], [77], [79], [80], [122], [123], [125]
Lytton, Bulwer, Rienzi, [55], [84]
Marschner, Heinrich August, [61], [62], [116], [150], [178], [187];
his Adolph von Nassau, [135]
Mastersingers, The, [109], [111], [179], [279], [319-321], [325], [333], [341], [344], [358], [387], [388], [395], [398];
the story, [280], [281];
the influence of Nuremberg, [282], [283];
the overture, [284-288];
analysis and criticism, [288-318];
produced at Munich, [321]
Mendelssohn, Felix, [33], [49], [57], [58], [73], [126], [364], [372], [407], [418];
Midsummer Night's Dream overture, [61];
Hebrides, [112];
his comment on Tannhäuser, [163]
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, [55], [407], [414], [415], [418];
Robert the Devil, [48];
his treatment of Wagner, [67-71], [73], [74], [80];
his influence on Rienzi, [84-86]
Müller, Alexander, [196]
Müller, Gottlieb, [36]

My Life, [67]
Napoleon I, his flight from Leipzig [4], [5], [31]
Newman, Mr. Ernest, [130], [167], [212], [217]
Nibelung's Ring, The. See Ring
Nicolai School, Leipzig, [27]
Nietzsche, Friedrich, [52], [418]
Overtures: "Polonia," [43];
D minor, [45];
C major, [45];
King Enzio, [45];
Faust, [62], [70], [209];
Columbus, [70], [75]
Parsifal, [16], [138-140], [170], [379];
analysis and criticism, [409-416]
Pätz, Johanna Rosina, [3]
Pecht, Friedrich, [70]
Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, commissions an opera from Wagner, [230], [237]
Philharmonic Society, the, [33], [45], [46], [134];
concerts conducted by Wagner, [220-226]
Pilgrimage to Beethoven, A, [213]
Pillet, Léon, [80]
Planer, Minna, marries Wagner, [53], [54],
See Wagner, Minna.
Poe, Edgar Allen, [330]
Poland, Wagner's sympathy with, [41], [43]
Praeger, Ferdinand, [43], [68], [200], [208], [225], [238]
Raymund, his "magic dramas," [44]
Reinecke, Carl, [33], [45], [46]
Reissiger, Gottlieb, [77], [79], [123-125]
Rhinegold, The, [209], [299], [350], [351], [354], [358], [376], [383], [385], [396];
composition of, [332-334];
analysis and criticism, [337-349]
Rienzi, [55], [61], [62], [68], [69], [73], [74], [81], [82], [117], [127], [128];
completed and sent to Dresden, [75-80];
accepted, [80];
Meyerbeer's influence on, [84], [85];
analysis and criticism, [86-93];
its success, [91], [121];
a failure at Weimar, [237]
Rietz, Julius, portrait of Wagner by, [206]
Ring of the Nibelung, The, [105], [111], [137],[176], [207-209], [226-230], [320], [323], [325], [378];
first cycle given at Bayreuth, [327-329];
summary of its growth, [330-334];
analysis of its main dramatic motive, [334-337];
Schopenhauer's criticism, [342],
see also the separate operas
Ritter, Alexander, [208]
Ritter, Frau, [199], [208]
Roeckel, August, [126], [132], [133], [196]
Rossini, G.A., [55], [407];
William Tell, [47];
Stabat Mater, [213]
Sainton, Prof., [225]
Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, [72], [82], [128]
Saracen Young Woman, [81], [82]
Schlesinger, Maurice, [69], [70], [75], [82], [121]
Schopenhauer,
his influence on Wagner, [231-233], [236], [265], [408];
his criticism on the Ring, [342], [397]
Schröder-Devrient, Wilhelmine, [50], [76-79], [160]
Schubert's Erl-king, [355]
Schumann, Clara, [45]
Schumann, Robert, [51];
on Tannhäuser, [163], [164];
on Lohengrin, [165], [177]
Scribe, Eugène, [74], [85], [97]
Semper, Gottfried, [325]
Shaw, Mr. Bernard, [20]
Shedlock, Mr. J.S., [220]
Siegfried, [200-202], [227-230], [325], [332], [414];
analysis and criticism, [378-399]
Siegfried's Death, [227-230], [332], [334], [383]
Siegfried Idyll, [59], [60]

Spohr, Ludwig, [294], [350];
produces the Flying Dutchman at Cassel, [127];
on Tannhäuser, [149], [272]
Spontini, Gasparo, [62], [116], [150], [178], [187];
Wagner's essay on, [219]
Strauss, Johann, [44]
Sulzer, Jakob, [209]
Symphony in C major, [41], [42], [44], [45], [56-59], [72], [73], [415]
Swinburne, A.C., [415], [418]
Tannhäuser, [30], [60], [72], [82], [92], [128], [137-140], [219], [341], [343], [358],

[376], [384], [385];
analysis and criticism, [140-164];
production and reception, [147], [148];
opinions on, [163], [164];
produced by Liszt at Weimar, [164]
Tausig, Karl, [71], [418]
Thomä, Jeannette, [23]
Tichatschek, [78], [147]
Tieck, Ludwig, Tannhäuser, [30]
Tomaschek, Wenzel, [45]
"Triebschen," [323], [395]
Tristan, [105], [106], [109], [111], [137], [187], [333], [341], [343], [344], [353], [365], [375], [377], [395], [398], [399], [414];
rehearsed at Vienna and abandoned, [231];
folly of commentators on, [234-236], [266];
intended for Rio, [230], [237];
completed, [230], [238];
produced at Munich (1865), [237], [239], [321];
origin of, [237], [238];
preliminaries of the story, [239-241];
analysis and criticism, [241-277]
Uhlig, Theodor, [126], [145], [195], [200], [202], [205], [219], [226], [231], [283], [329], [383]
Vaez, Gustave, [203]
Valkyrie, The, [209], [226], [230], [294], [332], [333], [341], [343], [344], [383], [385], [388], [389], [398];
analysis and criticism, [350-377]
Verdi's Falstaff, [311]
Victoria, Queen, and Wagner, [222], [223]
Villa Wahnfried, [326]
Wagner, Adolph, [2], [3], [10], [13], [15], [16], [17], [22], [23], [28], [29], [30], [32], [41]
Wagner, Albert, [7], [8], [10], [16], [22], [24], [48]
Wagner, Carl Friedrich, father of Richard, [2-5];
his death, [5], [8]
Wagner, Clara, [10], [16], [22], [24]
Wagner, Cosima, second wife of Richard, [60], [323-325], [419]
Wagner, Friederike, [23]
Wagner, Gottlob Friedrich, [3]
Wagner, Johanna, daughter of Albert, [160]
Wagner, Johanna Rosina, mother of Richard, [3], [5], [6], [8], [14],[1]5, [16], [24], [28]
Wagner, Julius, [10], [11], [16]
Wagner, Louise, [7], [10], [24], [30], [31], [32]
Wagner, Minna, first wife of Richard, [53], [54], [65], [121], [122], [126], [127], [128], [133], [168], [169], [195], [207], [323-325]
Wagner, Ottilie, [16], [30]
Wagner, Richard (for Works see under separate headings),
birth and ancestry, [1-3];
absence of precocity, [11] [12];
schooldays at Dresden, [17-24];
early training in theatrical matters, [18-19];
his love of the theatre, [21];
Weber's influence, [25];
at school at Leipzig, [26], [40];
his debt to his uncle, [28-30], [41];
unable to play the piano, [31], [37], [73];
"converted" by Beethoven, [33-35];
early compositions, [35], [36], [45];
studies under Weinlig, [36-38];
his arrangements of Beethoven symphonies, [37];
helped by his family [38], [44], [51];
his egotism, [39];
matriculates, [40];
his revolutionary fervour, [40], [41], [43];
visits Vienna, [44];
at Prague, [45];
works performed at the Gewandhaus concerts, [45];
chorus-master at Würzburg, [48];
returns to Leipzig, [49];
his industry, [52], [53], [209], [298];
his marriage, [53], [54];
obtains conductorships at Magdeburg, [53], Königsberg, and Riga, [54];
sails to London, [55], [64-67];
meets Meyerbeer at Boulogne, [67-69];
disappointments in Paris, [69-75];
goes to Dresden, [82], [83];
first acquaintance with Liszt, [82], [83];
Kapellmeister at Dresden, [122-126], [133-135];
his relations with Minna, [126], [127], [133], [168-169], [323], [324];
his political views, [128-131];
his share in the May insurrection of 1849, [128], [131], [132], [136];
his Germanism, [135], [149], [150], [214];
flees to Zurich, [136], [193], [194];
goes to Paris, [194], [195];
returns to Zurich, [196];
friendship of Liszt, [194], [196], [199];
his demands on his friends, [198-200];
his ill-health, [200];
his scheme for producing Siegfried, [200-202], [227-229];
third visit to Paris, [203-207];
life in Zurich, [207-210];
his prose-writings, [210];
speech at the re-interment of Weber, [214];
his theory on the fusion of the arts, [214-216];
unable to comprehend opposition, [217];
directions for performing his operas, [219];
visit to London, [220-226];
settles in Vienna, [230], [320];
his extravagance, [231];
influence of Schopenhauer, [231-233], [236], [265];
disappointments and failures, [278], [319], [320];
the chief Wagnerite, [287];
invited to Munich by King Ludwig, [319], [321];
ambitious schemes, [321], [322];
obliged to leave Munich, [322], [323];
retires to "Triebschen," [323], [395];
elopes with Cosima von Bülow, [323], [324];
marries Cosima, [325];
Bayreuth, [325-329];
his worship of brute force, [378], [379];
completion of the Ring, [400], [407];
outward success, [407];
his death, [415];
his character and achievement, [416-421]
Wagner, Rosalie, [7], [10], [15], [16], [22], [24], [32], [39]
Wagner, Siegfried, [71]
Wagner, Sophie (Wendt), [23]
Wagnerites, the, [287]
Walther von der Vogelweide, [294]
Weber, Carl Maria von, [13], [55], [350], [372], [390];
his influence on Wagner, [13], [25], [34], [35], [41], [61], [92], [150], [153], [177], [185], [284];
his re-interment at Dresden, [135], [213] [214];
Euryanthe, [13], [38], [305];
Der Freischütz, [13], [25]
Weber, Dionys, [45], [46]
Weinlig, Theodor, [36-38], [57]
Wendt, Sophie, marries Adolph Wagner, [23]
Wesendoncks, the, [199], [208]
Wieck, Clara, see Schumann, Clara
Wigand, Otto, [205]
Wiland der Schmied, [203], [206], [207]
Wilhelmj, August, [328]
Wille, Dr. and Frau, [208]
Wüst, Henriette, [45]
Wylde, Dr. Henry, [225]
Young Siegfried, [227-229]
Zigesar, von, [201]