INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
EARLY LIFE
I
II
III
IV
CHAPTER II
EARLY BOYHOOD
CHAPTER III
EARLY LIFE (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER IV
JUVENILE WORKS
CHAPTER V
PARIS
CHAPTER VI
'RIENZI' AND 'THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'
CHAPTER VII
DRESDEN
CHAPTER VIII
'TANNHÄUSER'
CHAPTER IX
'LOHENGRIN'
V
VI
CHAPTER X
EXILE
CHAPTER XI
'TRISTAN AND ISOLDA'
VII
CHAPTER XII
'THE MASTERSINGERS OF NUREMBERG'
CHAPTER XIII
KING LUDWIG
CHAPTER XIV
'THE NIBELUNG'S RING' AND 'THE RHINEGOLD'
CHAPTER XV
'THE VALKYRIE'
CHAPTER XVI
'SIEGFRIED'
CHAPTER XVII
'THE DUSK OF THE GODS'
CHAPTER XVIII
'PARSIFAL'; THE END; THE MAN
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