The Wagner Compendium  27418

A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music

  1. Calendar of Wagner’s Life, Works and Related Events   Barry Millington
  2. Who’s Who of Wagner’s Contemporaries   Barry Millington
  3. Historical Background   Konrad Bund
    • The Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1789
    • The French Revolution and the Wars of Liberation: 1789-1815
    • Reaction and revolution: 1815-1849
    • German unification ‘from above’: 1850-1871
    • The Reich in Europe: 1871-1883
  4. Intellectual Background
    • Philosophy   Roger Hollinrake
    • Literature   Raymond Furness
    • Religion   Roger Hollinrake
  5. Musical Background and Influences   Thomas S. Grey
    • Formation of the earlier style
    • The music drama and its antecedents
    • Patronage, commissions and royalties in Wagner’s day
  6. Wagner As Individual
    • Paternity   Barry Millington
    • Family   Barry Millington
    • Appearance and character   Barry Millington
    • Wagner as a conductor   David Breckbill
    • Wagner’s working routine   Thomas S. Grey
    • The Portraits
    • Wagner as polemicist   William Weber
    • Finances and attitude to money   Barry Millington
    • Wagner and women   Barry Millington
    • Relationship with King Ludwig II   Barry Millington
    • Dealings with publishers   Ronald Taylor
    • Dealings with critics   Ronald Taylor
    • Wagner as scapegoat   Barry Millington
  7. Myths and Legends   Barry Millington
  8. Opinions and Outlook
    • Social and political attitudes   Roger Hollinrake
    • Philosophical outlook   Roger Hollinrake
    • Religious beliefs   Roger Hollinrake
    • Literary tastes   Stewart Spencer
    • The Beethoven Legacy   Thomas S. Grey
    • Opera and social reform   William Weber
    • Wagner and the Greeks   Hugh Lloyd-Jones
    • Wagner and the Jews   Barry Millington
    • Wagner’s Middle Ages   Stewart Spencer
    • Bagner and the idea of a festival theatre   Stewart Spencer
    • Contemporary composers   Thomas S. Grey
    • Wagner, animals and modern scientific medicine   Joachim Thiery and Ulrich Tröhler
    • Wagner’s critique of science and technology   Joachim Thiery and Ulrich Tröhler
  9. Sources
    • Autobiographical writings   Stewart Spencer
    • Diaries   Stewart Spencer
    • Letters   Stewart Spencer
    • Collected writings   Stewart Spencer
    • Autograph manuscripts   Warren Darcy
      • Sketches/drafts (text)
      • Sketches/drafts (music)
      • Scores
    • Wagner’s Hand
    • Printed editions   Warren Darcy
      • Breitkopf edition
      • Sämtliche Werke (Schott)
      • Miscellaneous
  10. A Wagnerian Glossary   Thomas S. Grey
  11. Musical Style
    • Compositional process   Warren Darcy
    • Musical language   Arnold Whittall
  12. Wagner as Librettist   Stewart Spencer
  13. The Music   Barry Millington
    • Operas
    • Orchestral music
    • Choral music
    • Chamber music
    • Works for solo voice and orchestra
    • Works for solo voice and piano
    • Piano music
    • Projected or unfinished dramatic works
    • Editions and arrangements
  14. The Prose Works   Barry Millington
    • A list of Wagner’s writings, speeches, open letters and reviews
  15. Orchestration   Jonathan Burton
  16. Performance Practice   David Breckbill
    • The orchestra
    • Conducting
    • Singing
    • Wagner and the early music movement
  17. Wagner in Performance
    • Singing   David Breckbill
    • Conducting    David Breckbill
    • Staging   Barry Millington
  18. Reception
    • Contemporary assessments   David C. Large
    • Posthumous reputation and influence   David C. Large
    • The Bayreuth legacy   David C. Large
    • The Birth of modernism:
      • Wagner’s impact on the history of music   Arnold Whittall
      • Wagner’s impact on literature   Raymond Furness
      • Wagner’s impact on the visual arts   Michael Hall
    • Wagner literature:
      • Biographies   Stewart Spencer
      • Analysis and Criticism   Christopher Wintle
      • Miscellaneous   Stewart Spencer
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