V. Fidelio
VI. The Eternal Feminine
VII. Victory from Defeat
VIII. Meeting with Goethe
IX. Optimistic Trend
X. At the Zenith of His Fame
XI. Methods of Composition
XII. Sense of Humor
XIII. Missa Solemnis
XIV. Ninth Symphony
XV. Capacity for Friendship
XVI. The Day's Trials
XVII. Last Quartets
XVIII. In the Shadows
XIX. Life's Purport

WAGNER'S INDEBTEDNESS TO BEETHOVEN

INDEX




CHAPTER I

EARLY PROMISE

God acts upon earth only by means of superior chosen men.
--HERDER: _Ideas Toward a History of Mankind_.