Richard Wagner

Michael Saffle is Professor of Music and Humanities in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech.

• Using This Research GuideAcknowledgmentsI. Introducing WagnerII. Surveying Wagner: Compendia and Other Survey StudiesIII. Researching Wagner: Reference Works of Various KindsIV. The Documentary Legacy V. Wagner’s Life and CharacterVI. Wagner as Composer: Studies in Techniques, Styles, and InfluencesVII. Wagner as Music Dramatist 1: Surveys StudiesVIII. Wagner as Music Dramatist 2: The Earlier and Unfinished Operas and Music dramasIX. Wagner as Music Dramatist 3: Holländer, Lohengrin, and TannhäuserX. Wagner as Music Dramatist 4: Meistersinger, Parsifal, Tristan, and the RingXI. Wagner as Instrumental and Vocal Composer and ArrangerXII. Performing Wagner: Studies of Performance Practices, Productions, and Media IssuesXIII. Wagner as Poet, Prose Writer, Philosopher, and RevolutionaryXIV. Criticizing Wagner: Wagner’s Critics and the Wagner ReceptionXV. Wagner and Culture, Past and Present: Literature, Psychology, and the Visual ArtsXVI. Wagner and Anti-SemitismXVII. After Wagner: Bayreuth, the Festivals, and Wagner’s DescendentsIndex