- Foreword to the German Edition
- Introduction by John Deathridge
- Note on Citations
- I. Works: The Dramatist
- 1. The Operas as Literary Works [Peter Wapnewski]
- II. Biography and Reception: History, Ideology, Research
- 2. Wagner’s Place in the History of Music [Carl Dahlhaus]
- 3. Wagner in the History of Psychology [Isolde Vetter]
- 4. The Revolutionary of 1848-1849 [Rüdiger Krohn]
- 5. The Question of Anti-Semitism [Dieter Borchmeyer]
- 6. The Political Influence and Appropriation of Wagner [Ernst Hanisch]
- 7. A Brief History of Wagner Research [John Deathridge]
- III. Works: Sources, Influences, Aesthetics
- 8. Wagner and Antiquity by [Ulrich Müller]
- 9. Wagner’s Middle Ages [Volker Mertens]
- 10. The Dramatic Texts [Peter Branscombe]
- 11. Wagner and Schopenhauer [Hartmut Reinhardt]
- 12. The Music [Carl Dahlhaus]
- IV. Biography and Reception: Decadence and the Dawn of “Wagnerism”
- 13. The Patronage of King Ludwig II [Manfred Eger]
- 14. Wagner and Nietzsche [Dieter Borchmeyer]
- 15. Wagnerism as Concept and Phenomenon [Erwin Koppen]
- 16. Wagner and the Visual Arts [Günter Metken]
- 17. Wagner in Literature and Film [Ulrich Müller]
- V. Works: The Composer
- 18. The Musical Works [Werner Breig]
- VI. Biography and Reception: Bayreuth, Performance, Musical Influence
- 19. The Bayreuth Festival and the Wagner Family [Manfred Eger]
- 20. Performance History: A Brief Survey [Oswald Bauer]
- 21. Sprechgesang or Bel Canto: Toward a History of Singer Wagner [Jens Malt Fischer]
- 22. Wagner’s Musical Influence [Carl Dahlhaus]
- Part VII: Works: The Writer
- 23. The Prose Writings [Jürgen Kühnel]
- Bibliographical Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Index of Wagner’s Musical Works
- Index of Wagner’s Writings
- General Index
Wagner Handbook
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Publication Date: 10/01/1992
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