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Part I: 1813-1842. Childhood and schooldays -- Musical studies -- Travels in Germany (first marriage) -- Paris: 1839-42 -- Part II: 1842-1850 (Dresden). 'Rienzi' -- 'The Flying Dutchman' -- Liszt, Spontini, Marschner, etc. -- 'Tannhauser' -- Franck, Schumann, Semper, Gutzkow, Auerbach -- 'Lohengrin' (Libretto) -- Ninth Symphony -- Spohr, Gluck, Hiller, Devrient -- Official position, studies in historical literature -- 'Rienzi' at Berlin -- Relations with the management, mother's death, etc. -- Growing sympathy with political events, Bakunin -- The May insurrection -- Flight: Weimar, Zurich, Paris, Bordeaux, Geneva, Zurich -- Part III: 1850-1861. Zurich: Karlritter, Hans von Bulow, Hewegh, Uhlig, Wesendoncks, etc. -- 'Nibelungen Ring,' Liszt at Zurich, Schopenhauer, composition of the 'Rheingold' and 'Walkure' -- London (Philharmonic concerts) -- Zurich, Selisberg, Mornex, Brunnen ('Tristan') -- Liszt and Princess Wittgenstein (Zurich, St. Gall) -- The 'Asyl' ('Tristan') -- Lucerne ('Tristan') -- Paris (Production of 'Tannhauser') -- Part IV: 1861-1864. Weimar, Reichenhall, Vienna -- Paris (libretto of the 'Meistersinger') -- Biebrich ('Meistersinger') -- Vienna: rehearsals of 'Tristan,' concerts -- Concerts at St. Petersburg and Moscow -- Residence at Penzing, near Vienna -- Flight: Zurich, Stuttgart -- Message from the king. |
