CiNii 図書 - The life of Richard Wagner

Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer can at no stage hope to have reached the final truth. All he can do is to make sure that whatever statement he may make, whatever conclusion he may come to, shall be based on the whole of the evidence available at the time of writing.' In this aim he triumphantly succeeds. Volume 1 covers the years 1813 to 1848.

Foreword
1. Paternity and ancestry
2. Geyer
3. The child
4. The Kreuzschuler
5. The Leipzig student
6. Wurzburg
7. The last six months in Leipzig
8. The state of music in Germany
9. The economic and social status of the musician
10. Magdeburg
11. Minna
12. Koenigsberg and Riga
13. The voyage to London
14. The 'conquest of Paris'
15. The return to Dresden
16. The early years in Dresden
17. The middle years in Dresden
18. Friends and enemies
19. The storm brewing
20. Nearing the end in Dresden
Index.

Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer can at no stage hope to have reached the final truth. All he can do is to make sure that whatever statement he may make, whatever conclusion he may come to, shall be based on the whole of the evidence available at the time of writing.' In this aim he triumphantly succeeds. Volume 2 covers the years 1848 to 1860.

Foreword
1. Wagner and politics in 1848
2. The literary works of 1848
3. Leading up to revolution
4. Wagner and the revolution I: the legal case against him
5. Wagner and the revolution II: his share in the revolt
6. Between Zurich and Paris
7. Jessie Laussot
8. Friends and public work in Zurich
9. Liszt, Wagner and 'Lohengrin'
10. Liszt and Weimar
11. The rising tide
12. Uhlig's visit: expansion of the Nibelungen plan
13. Weakening of the link with Weimar
14. Distractions and diet: the 'Cellini' episode
15. The 'hailstorm'
16. Growing estrangement from the world
17. Difficulties in the rounding of the 'Ring'
18. Marking time in Zurich
19. Liszt and Wagner meet again: the 'Ring' music begun
20. Wagner's finances in Zurich
21. The year 1854
22. The London inferno
23. Nearing the end in Zurich
24. Between Zurich and Paris
25. The Asyl catastrophe
26. Calm in Venice
27. From Venice to Lucerne
28. Preparing for the siege of Paris
Appendixes
Index.

Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer can at no stage hope to have reached the final truth. All he can do is to make sure that whatever statement he may make, whatever conclusion he may come to, shall be based on the whole of the evidence available at the time of writing.' In this aim he triumphantly succeeds. Volume 3 covers the years 1859 to 1866.

Foreword
1. The second assault on Paris
2. The year 1860
3. En route to 'Tannhauser'
4. Gathering clouds
5. The storm breaks
6. Between Paris and Vienna
7. The Minna crisis
8. Shipwreck
9. The rescue
10. Wagner and Ludwig
11. At the Villa Pellet
12. Cosima
13. Settling down in Munich
14. Trouble brewing
15. The 'Tristan' production
16. After 'Tristan'
17. Semper and the Festival Theatre
18. 'Vincere scis, Hannibal'
19. '- Victoria uti nescis'
20. Haven in Triebschen
21. The triangle
22. The king and the triangle
Appendixes
Index.

Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer can at no stage hope to have reached the final truth. All he can do is to make sure that whatever statement he may make, whatever conclusion he may come to, shall be based on the whole of the evidence available at the time of writing.' In this aim he triumphantly succeeds. Volume 4 covers the years 1866 to 1883.

Foreword
1. The Malvina Schnorr episode: I
2. The Malvina Schnorr episode: II
3. Moves in Munich
4. Shadows falling
5. Froebel and the 'Suddeutsche Presse'
6. The shadows deepen
7. The 'Meistersinger' year
8. The Bulow-Cosima crisis
9. Cosima decides
10. The breach with the king
11. The 'Rhinegold' aftermath
12. Sunshine and cloud in Triebschen
13. The Bayreuth idea
14. Planning Bayreuth
15. Wagner and Nietzsche: I
16. Wagner and Nietzsche: II
17. The foundation-stone
18. Polemics in 1872
19. Difficulties in Bayreuth
20. The king to the rescue
21. Spadework in 1874
22. Bayreuth in 1875
23. Preparing for the festival
24. The festival and after
25. Nietzsche in 1876
26. Elisabeth's false witness
27. The realities of the matter
28. The load of care
29. Bayreuth saved
30. The breach with Nietzsche
31. Work at 'Parsifal'
32. In search of health
33. Trouble with Bulow and others
34. On the way to 'Parsifal'
35. Nearing the goal
36. 'Parsifal'
37. The end in Venice
Appendixes
Index.

The life of Richard Wagner

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