Rietz, Julius, portrait of Wagner by, 206
_Ring of the Nibelung, The_, 105, 111, 137,176, 207-209, 226-230, 320, 323, 325, 378; first cycle given at Bayreuth, 327-329; summary of its growth, 330-334; analysis of its main dramatic motive, 334-337; Schopenhauer's criticism, 342, _see_ also the separate operas
Rossini, G.A., 55, 407; _William Tell_, 47; _Stabat Mater_, 213
Schlesinger, Maurice, 69, 70, 75, 82, 121
Schopenhauer, his influence on Wagner, 231-233, 236, 265, 408; his criticism on the _Ring_, 342, 397
Schröder-Devrient, Wilhelmine, 50, 76-79, 160
Schumann, Robert, 51; on _Tannhäuser_, 163, 164; on _Lohengrin_, 165, 177
_Siegfried_, 200-202, 227-230, 325, 332, 414; analysis and criticism, 378-399
_Siegfried's Death_, 227-230, 332, 334, 383
Spohr, Ludwig, 294, 350; produces the _Flying Dutchman_ at Cassel, 127; on _Tannhäuser_, 149, 272
Spontini, Gasparo, 62, 116, 150, 178, 187; Wagner's essay on, 219
Symphony in C major, 41, 42, 44, 45, 56-59, 72, 73, 415
_Tannhäuser_, 30, 60, 72, 82, 92, 128, 137-140, 219, 341, 343, 358, 376, 384. 385; analysis and criticism, 140-164; production and reception, 147, 148; opinions on, 163, 164; produced by Liszt at Weimar, 164
_Tristan_, 105, 106, 109, 111, 137, 187, 333, 341, 343, 344, 353, 365, 375. 377, 395, 398, 399, 414; rehearsed at Vienna and abandoned, 231; folly of commentators on, 234-236, 266; intended for Rio, 230, 237; completed, 230, 238; produced at Munich (1865), 237, 239, 321; origin of, 237, 238; preliminaries of the story, 239-241; analysis and criticism, 241-277
Uhlig, Theodor, 126, 145, 195, 200, 202, 205, 219, 226, 231, 283, 329, 383
_Valkyrie, The_, 209, 226, 230, 294, 332, 333, 341, 343, 344, 383, 385, 388, 389, 398; analysis and criticism, 350-377
Wagner, Adolph, 2, 3, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 32, 41
Wagner, Carl Friedrich, father of Richard, 2-5; his death, 5, 8
Wagner, Cosima, second wife of Richard, 60, 323-325, 419
Wagner, Johanna Rosina, mother of Richard, 3, 5, 6, 8, 14,15, 16, 24, 28
Wagner, Minna, first wife of Richard, 53, 54, 65, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 133, 168, 169, 195, 207, 323-325
Wagner, Richard (for Works see under separate headings), birth and ancestry, 1-3; absence of precocity, 11 12; schooldays at Dresden, 17-24; early training in theatrical matters, 18-19; his love of the theatre, 21; Weber's influence, 25; at school at Leipzig, 26, 40; his debt to his uncle, 28-30, 41; unable to play the piano, 31, 37, 73; "converted" by Beethoven, 33-35; early compositions, 35. 36. 45; studies under Weinlig, 36-38; his arrangements of Beethoven symphonies, 37; helped by his family 38, 44, 51; his egotism, 39; matriculates, 40; his revolutionary fervour, 40, 41, 43; visits Vienna, 44; at Prague, 45; works performed at the Gewandhaus concerts, 45; chorus-master at Würzburg, 48; returns to Leipzig, 49; his industry, 52, 53, 209, 298; his marriage, 53, 54; obtains conductorships at Magdeburg, 53, Königsberg, and Riga, 54; sails to London, 55, 64-67; meets Meyerbeer at Boulogne, 67-69; disappointments in Paris, 69-75; goes to Dresden, 82, 83; first acquaintance with Liszt, 82, 83; Kapellmeister at Dresden, 122-126, 133-135; his relations with Minna, 126, 127, 133, 168-169, 323, 324; his political views, 128-131; his share in the May insurrection of 1849, 128, 131, 132, 136; his Germanism, 135, 149, 150, 214; flees to Zurich, 136, 193, 194; goes to Paris, 194, 195; returns to Zurich, 196; friendship of Liszt, 194, 196, 199; his demands on his friends, 198-200; his ill-health, 200; his scheme for producing _Siegfried_, 200-202, 227-229; third visit to Paris, 203-207; life in Zurich, 207-210; his prose-writings, 210; speech at the re-interment of Weber, 214; his theory on the fusion of the arts, 214-216; unable to comprehend opposition, 217; directions for performing his operas, 219; visit to London, 220-226; settles in Vienna, 230, 320; his extravagance, 231; influence of Schopenhauer, 231-233, 236, 265; disappointments and failures, 278, 319, 320; the chief Wagnerite, 287; invited to Munich by King Ludwig, 319, 321; ambitious schemes, 321, 322; obliged to leave Munich, 322, 323; retires to "Triebschen," 323, 395; elopes with Cosima von Bülow, 323, 324; marries Cosima, 325; Bayreuth, 325-329; his worship of brute force, 378, 379; completion of the _Ring_, 400, 407; outward success, 407; his death, 415; his character and achievement, 416-421
