These short sketches, which can be read in a few moments' time,
are intended to give the reader as clear as possible an outline
of the great dramatist-composer's work.
The author is deeply indebted to Professor G.T. Dippold, to
Messrs. Forman, Jackman, and Corder, and to the Oliver Ditson
Company, for the poetical quotations scattered throughout
the text.
CONTENTS.
Page
Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes 7
The Flying Dutchman 23
Tannhäuser 38
Lohengrin 56
Tristan and Ysolde 72
The Master-Singers of Nuremberg 88
The Nibelung's Ring.--Rheingold 105
The Walkyrie 120
Siegfried 138
Dusk of the Gods 154
Parsifal 172
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
Richard Wagner Frontispiece
Banishment of Rienzi 7
Senta 23
Tannhäuser and Venus 38
Ortrud kneeling before Elsa 56
Tristan's Death 72
Walther crowned by Eva 88
The Rhine Maidens 105
Brunhilde discovering Siegmund and Sieglinde 120
Siegfried and Mime 138
Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens 154
Parsifal in the Enchanted Garden 172
[Illustration: BANISHMENT OF RIENZI.]