[PART II]—THE ARTISTIC AIMS OF WAGNER

[I]—The Lyric Drama as He Found It[167]
[II]—The Reforms of Wagner[178]
[III]—The Musical System[189]
[IV]—The System as Completed[200]

[PART III]—THE GREAT MUSIC DRAMAS

[Introductory][213]
[Rienzi][221]
[Der Fliegende Holländer][234]
[Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg][250]
[Lohengrin][270]
I—The Book[272]
II—The Music[283]
[Tristan und Isolde][293]
I—Sources of the Story[294]
II—Wagner's Dramatic Poem[300]
III—The Musical Exposition[315]
[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg][328]
[Der Ring des Nibelungen][355]
I—The Sources of the Poems[364]
II—The Story as Told by Wagner[388]
III—The Music of the Trilogy[422]
[Parsifal][446]
I—The Original Legends[447]
II—The Drama of Wagner[461]
III—The Musical Plan[473]
[Appendix A]—The Youthful Symphony[481]
[Appendix B]—Wagner and the Ballet[487]
[Index][491]

[PART I]
THE LIFE OF WAGNER

RICHARD WAGNER