Chapter 2

STORM AND STRESS.

In Vienna--His Symphony Performed--Modern Ideas--"The Fairies"--"Das Liebesverbot"--Becomes Kapellmeister--Mina Planer--Hard Times--Experiences and Studies--"Rienzi"--Paris--First Disappointments--A Faust Overture--Revival of the German Genius--Struggle for Existence--"The Flying Dutchman"--Historical Studies--Returning to Germany 22-44