Part II. 1842-1850 (Dresden)

‘Rienzi’ ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Liszt, Spontini, Marschner, etc.

‘Tannhäuser’ Franck, Schumann, Semper, Gutzkow, Auerbach ‘Lohengrin’

(Libretto) Ninth Symphony Spohr, Gluck, Hiller, Devrient Official

Position. Studies in Historical Literature ‘Rienzi’ at Berlin

Relations with the Management, Mother’s Death, etc. Growing Sympathy

with Political Events, Bakunin The May Insurrection Flight: Weimar,

Zürich, Paris, Bordeaux, Geneva, Zürich

ILLUSTRATIONS

FRONTISPIECE FOR VOLUME I

Illustration: Richard Wagner in 1842,

from the Portrait by E. Kietz.

FRONTISPIECE FOR VOLUME II

Richard Wagner about 1872 by Lenbach.

Original in the possession of Frau Cosima Wagner These frontispieces

are used by the courtesy of Mr. F. Bruckmann.

MY LIFE