My Life, Volume 1

By Richard Wagner



TABLE OF CONTENTS


PREFACE
CONTENTS
MY LIFE

PART I. 1813-1842
PART II. 1842-1850 (Dresden)




PREFACE



The contents of these volumes have been written down directly
from my dictation, over a period of several years, by my friend
and wife, who wished me to tell her the story of my life. It was
the desire of both of us that these details of my life should be
accessible to our family and to our sincere and trusted friends;
and we decided therefore, in order to provide against a possible
destruction of the one manuscript, to have a small number of