CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PagePARSIFALIA1I.A Pure Fool in the New World1II.Ethics and Æsthetics13III.The National Religious Drama27DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN39I.A Futile God and a Potent Devil39II.The Woman and the Serpent55III.Back-worlds Gods and Over-Woman69ISOLDE'S SERVING-WOMAN85RICHARD STRAUSS98I.The Historical Survey98II.The Æsthetic View121III.What does It All Mean?139IV.Strauss and the Song Writers156AUX ITALIENS168I.Italian Opera of To-day168II.The Classic of the Unprogressive185THE ORATORIO OF TO-DAY195NOTE211