Viceroy of Egypt, [139]
"Victors, The," [108]
"Victory," the, [108]
Vogl, Heinrich, [131];
Therese, [131], [132]
Volsunga Saga, [73];
corollaries of, [378];
origin of, [377];
story told in, [378] et seq.
Von Bülow, Cosima, [90], [112], [125], [130], [132], [133]
Von Bülow, Hans, [90], [112], [124], [130], [131], [132]
Von Bülows, the, separation of, [130], [132];
divorce of, [133]

W

Wagenseil, Johann Christoph, [335]
Wagner, Albert, [2], [15];
wife and daughter, [2]
Wagner, Cosima, [133], [134], [153], [160];
see also [Von Bülow]
Wagner, Friedrich, [1]
Wagner, Johanna, [2], [65], [138]
Wagner, Richard, abandonment of career contemplated, [119];
affection of, [103];
ambition to reach Paris, [30];
America, asked to visit, [104], [159];
amnesty, [118];
ancestry, [1];
appearance of, [162];
appreciates his own genius, [121];
approach of death, [149], [150];
artistic aims of, [167] et seq.;
artistic impulse, [158], [159];
art-theories, see separate title;
attachment to Cosima von Bülow, beginning of, [125];
attitude toward public, [55], [67];
autobiographic sketch, [52];
autobiography, unpublished, [153];
ballet and, [487];
Bayreuth, goes to, [136];
Bayreuth, work at, [137] et seq.;
Biebrich, visit to, [120];
birth, [2];
boyhood, [3] et seq.;
boyish tragedies, [4];
Buddhistic drama, rumours about, [153];
burial of, [152];
calumniated, [130];
character of, [29], [103], [154] et seq.;
chorus master at Würzburg, [15];
church music, director of, [58];
clothes, rich, love of, [157];
"Communication to My Friends," see [separate title];
concert tours, [118], [119], [144];
conducting, essay on, [48];
conductor at Dresden, [56], [59], [60];
conductor at Königsberg, [25], [27] et seq.;
conductor at London, [94] et seq., [144];
conductor at Magdeburg, [19];
conductor at Riga, [31];
conducts at Zurich, [89];
conducts juvenile symphony, [151];
conducts "Flying Dutchman," [54], [97];
corner-stone of Festspielhaus laid by, [138];
Cosima von Bülow, love for, [125], [130];
critics on, [69], [142];
death, [152];
debts, troubled by, [74], [85], [95], [116], [120];
depression, [158];
despair, period of, [119-121];
disappointed by public misunderstanding, [53], [55], [119], [121], [147], [148], [160], [161];
dissatisfied with theatre, [32], [174], [175], [179];
Dresden, flight from, [79];
Dresden, work in, [59] et seq.;
drudgery in Paris, [46], [47] et seq.;
dual individuality, [154] et seq.;
dyspepsia, [92], [94], [151];
early models, [16];
early musical studies, [5] et seq.;
enemies of, [155];
erysipelas, [92];
extravagant habits, [157] et seq.;
faints at rehearsal, [149];
Fantaisie Castle, lives in, [136];
Fatherland Union, speech before, [75];
final illness, [151];
finding himself, [53-56];
first compositions, [7], [8];
first compositions published, [9] et seq.;
see also separate titles;
friendship with Liszt, [74], [80];
friends of, [155];
funeral in Venice, [152];
funeral in Bayreuth, [152];
Geneva, visits, [129];
habits of, [156];
heart trouble, [149-151];
household, [150];
improvidence of, [83], [85], [86], [157], [158];
insomnia, [94];
Italy, visits to, [94], [110], [147];
King Ludwig's friendship, [122] et seq., [128];
King Ludwig's friendship, scandals about, [114], [128];
Königsberg period, [25], [27] et seq.;
Lachner's prize symphony, objects to conducting, [99];
Leipsic period, [17];
"Lohengrin," first heard by Wagner, [92], [117];
London, concerts in, [100], [101];
London, criticism in, [102];
London, critics offended, [100];
London, first visit to, [34];
London, residences in, [99];
London, second visit to, [96] et seq.;
London Philharmonic Society, conductor of, [97] et seq.;
Lucerne, visits, [110], [129];
luxury, love of, [156], [157];
manners of, [156];
Marienbad, visit to, [64];
marriage to Minna Planer, [25], [27] et seq., [83], [160];
marriage to Cosima von Bülow, [132-134], [160];
meets Meyerbeer, [36];
mother of, [2];
Munich, goes to, [123];
Munich, leaves, [129];
Munich, opposition in, [128];
myth in dramas, [72];
see also [separate title];
Nibelungen Lied taken up as a subject, [73];
see also separate titles: "[Nibelungen Lied]," "[Siegfried's Death]," and "[Der Ring des Nibelungen]";
opposition to, [63], [67], [68], [94], [100], [102], [112], [114];
Palace, Vendramin, [150];
Palestrina, admirer of, [58];
Paris, first sojourn in, [36], [37], [38] et seq.;
Paris, revisited, [82], [103];
Paris, second sojourn in, [112];
Paris, concerts in, [112];
Paris, leaves for Germany, [48];
Paris, leaves for Vienna, [116];
Paris, residences in, [39], [46], [112];
"Parsifal," work during rehearsals of, [149];
Penzing, visit to, [120];
Peps, his dog, [92], [103];
performances unsatisfactory to, [161];
poverty, [95];
Prague, visit to, [14];
prose writings, beginning of, [67];
see also separate titles;
purpose of his life, [167];
Queen Victoria and, [102];
Religious mysticism, [148];
Revolution of 1848, [71], [73] et seq.;
Riga engagement, [31];
Riga engagement, its end, [33];
rudeness of, [155];
school days, [4];
Schopenhauer's influence on, [108];
search for by King Ludwig's messengers, [123];
Seelisberg, visit to, [103];
sense of humour, [99], [100];
sensuous enjoyment, [19];
separation from first wife, [119];
silk garments, fond of, [157];
songs, [42];
see also separate titles;
Starnberg, Lake, villa on, [123];
starving his wife, charged with, [130];
suicidal thoughts, [158];
symphony in C, [11], [12];
symphony in C performed in Venice, [151];
"Tannhäuser," effect of its failure on Wagner's life, [67];
Teplitz, visit to, [19], [50];
Triebschen, settles at, [129];
Vendramin Palace, goes to, [150];
Vendramin Palace, household in, [150];
Vendramin Palace, life in, [150];
Venice, first visit, [110];
Venice, last days in, [150] et seq.;
Vevay, visits, [129];
Vienna, visits, [117];
Wahnfried, goes to, [136];
weakness in character, [158];
Weber's remains removed by, [60];
Weimar, goes to, [80], [118];
Wesendonck, Mrs., intrigue with, [110], [111];
worship of Weber, [5], [6];
Würzburg period, [15] et seq.;
Zurich, concerts at, [106];
Zurich, goes to, [81];
Zurich, return to from London, [103]
Wagner, Rosalie, [2], [15]
Wagner, Siegfried, [133], [153]
Wagner Societies formed, [138];
consolidated, [153]
Wagnerites, English, [103]
"Walküre, die"; see "[Die Walküre]"
Weber, art-theories of, [175]
Weber, influence on Wagner, [175]
Weber's remains removed by Wagner, [60]
Weinlig, Theodore, [9]
Wesendonck, letter to, [111]
Wesendonck, Mathilde, [107], [110], [111]
"Wieland the Smith," [89]
Wilhelmj, [144]
Wille, [94], [120], [121], [123]
Wittgenstein, Countess, [105]
Wolff, O.L.B., [81]
Wolfram von Eschenbach, history of, [448];
"Parzival," story of, [457]
Wolzogen, Hans von, [147]
Würzburg, Konrad von, "Der Schwanen-Ritter," [272]

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