CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. ON WAGNER CRITICISM

II. WAGNER AS MAN

III. WAGNER'S THEORETICAL WRITINGS

IV. THE ROOTS OF GERMAN MUSIC

V. THE WAGNERIAN DRAMA AND ITS ANTECEDENTS

VI. THE EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE TRISTAN
MYTH

VII. WAGNER'S CONCEPTION OF THE TRISTAN
MYTHOS

VIII. ON CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO THE WAGNERIAN
DRAMA

IX. MUSIC AS AN ART OF EXPRESSION

X. SOME REMARKS ON THE MUSICAL DICTION
OF "TRISTAN UND ISOLDE"