Wagner as I Knew Him
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About This Book
"If an intimacy, an uninterrupted friendship, of close upon half a century during which early associations, ambitions, failures, successes, and their results were frankly discussed, entitles one to speak with authority on Richard Wagner, the man, the artist, his mental workings, and the doctrine he strove to preach, then am I fully entitled so to speak of my late friend." Ferdinand Praeger London, 15th June 1885
Chapters (26)
- WAGNER A S I K N E W H I M
- CONTENTS.
- WAGNER AS I KNEW HIM. CHAPTER I. 1813-1821.
- CHAPTER II. 1822-1827.
- CHAPTER III. 1822-1827. Continued.
- CHAPTER IV. LEIPZIC, 1827-1831.
- CHAPTER V. 1832-1836.
- CHAPTER VI. 1836-1839.
- CHAPTER VII. EIGHT DAYS IN LONDON. 1839.
- CHAPTER VIII. BOULOGNE, 1839.
- CHAPTER IX. PARIS, 1839-1842.
- CHAPTER X. PARIS, 1839-1842. Continued.
- CHAPTER XI. DRESDEN, 1842-1843.
- CHAPTER XII. 1843-1844.
- CHAPTER XIII. 1845.
- CHAPTER XIV. 1848.
- CHAPTER XV. 1849-1851.
- CHAPTER XVI. 1850-1854.
- CHAPTER XVII. “JUDAISM IN MUSIC.”
- CHAPTER XVIII. 1855.
- CHAPTER XIX. 1855. Continued.
- CHAPTER XX. 1855-1856.
- CHAPTER XXI. ZURICH, 1856.
- CHAPTER XXII. 1857-1861.
- CHAPTER XXIII. LETTERS FROM 1861-1865.
- CHAPTER XXIV. 1865-1883.
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