Richard Wagner A Research and Information Guide

Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer.

Using This Research Guide Acknowledgments I. 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

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