Liszt, Wagner and the Princess

William Wallace

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040267608
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Classical Music

Originally published in 1927, this illuminating study concerns three people, about two of whom much has already been written. The third, Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, has attracted less attention, in spite of her having occupied the greater part of Liszt's inner life. The Princess in the large sense was an unmusical woman. It is a question whether her influence over Liszt was of a beneficient nature. She interested herself in Berlioz only for the purpose of checkmating Wagner, whom she hated, and thus set Liszt against Wagner whenever possible. The complex relationships of this inscrutable and not altogether scrupulous trio are here considered for the first time in a way which adds much of value to our estimate of the characters of Wagner and Liszt.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Chapter I Liszt, Wagner, and the Princess
• Chapter II
• Chapter III Elopement
• Chapter IV Vagabond Indefatigable
• Chapter V Béatrix-Néli Da
• Chapter VI the Beethoven Monument
• Chapter VII Enter the Princess
• Chapter VIII Schwärmerei
• Chapter IX Weimar Days
• Chapter X the Visits to Wagner in Zurich
• Chapter XI Wagner Aggrieved
• Chapter XII Vox Romana
• Chapter XIII Romische Brille
• Chapter XIV Enter Cosima
• Chapter XV La Princesse Chez Elle
• Chapter XVI Causes Interieures-Bondage
• Chapter XVII Causes ExtÉrieures-Release
• Chapter XVIII Secret Service
• Chapter XIX The Shrine
• Chapter XX the Last Pilgrimage
• Chapter XXI Fantastics
• Bibliography
• Index