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Klappentext An illuminating 1902 account of Wagner's life and artistic aims, with an analysis of each of his music dramas. Zusammenfassung The American music critic William James Henderson (1855–1937) wrote for The New York Times and lectured at the New York College of Music. This work, first published in 1902, provides an illuminating account of Wagner's life and artistic aims, along with an analysis of each of his music dramas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Life of Wagner: 1. The boyhood of a genius; 2. The first operas; 3. Königsberg and Riga; 4. 'The end of a musician in Paris'; 5. Beginning of fame and hostility; 6. Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger; 7. 'Art and revolution'; 8. Preaching what he practised; 9. A stranger in a strange land; 10. A second end in Paris; 11. A monarch to the rescue; 12. Some ideals realised; 13. Finis coronat opus; 14. The last drama; 15. The character of the man; Part II. The Artistic Aims of Wagner: 1. The lyric drama as he found it; 2. The reforms of Wagner; 3. The musical system; 4. The system as completed; Part III. The Great Music Dramas: 1. Introductory; 2. Rienzi; 3. Der fliegende Holländer; 4. Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg; 5. Lohengrin; 6. Tristan und Isolde; 7. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; 8. Der Ring des Nibelungen; 9. Parsifal; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index.
