Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. To Users of this Research Guide. 1. Introduction 2. Introducing Wagner: Compendia and Other Survey Studies 3. Researching Wagner: Reference Works of Various Kinds 4. The Documentary Legacy 5. Wagner's Life and Character 6. Wagner as Composer: Studies in Techniques, Styles and Influences 7. Wagner as Music-Dramatist 8. Wagner as Instrumental and Vocal Composer and Arranger 9. Performing Wagner 10. Wagner as Poet, Prose Writer and Philosopher 11. Criticizing Wagner 12. Wagner and Culture, Past and Present 13. After Wagner: Bayreuth, the Festivals and Wagner's Descendants. Index