Table of Contents

Volume I: Foreword; 1. Paternity and ancestry; 2. Geyer; 3. The child; 4. The Kreuzschüler; 5. The Leipzig student; 6. Würzburg; 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. Königsberg 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; Volume II: 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 Zürich and Paris; 7. Jessie Laussot; 8. Friends and public work in Zürich; 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 Zürich; 19. Liszt and Wagner meet again: the 'Ring' music begun; 20. Wagner's finances in Zürich; 21. The year 1854; 22. The London inferno; 23. Nearing the end in Zürich; 24. Between Zürich and Paris; 25. The Asyl catastrophe; 26. Calm in Venice; 27. From Venice to Lucerne; 28. Preparing for the siege of Paris; Appendixes; Index; Volume III: Foreword; 1. The second assault on Paris; 2. The year 1860; 3. En route to 'Tannhäuser'; 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; Volume IV: Foreword; 1. The Malvina Schnorr episode: I; 2. The Malvina Schnorr episode: II; 3. Moves in Munich; 4. Shadows falling; 5. Fröbel and the 'Süddeutsche Presse'; 6. The shadows deepen; 7. The 'Meistersinger' year'; 8. The Bülow–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 Bülow and others; 34. On the way to 'Parsifal'; 35. Nearing the goal; 36. 'Parsifal'; 37. The end in Venice; Appendixes; Index.