Chapter 7

PARSIFAL.

A German Art--Efforts to maintain the Acquired Results--Concerts in London--Recognition Abroad and Lukewarmness at Home--The "Nibelungen" in Vienna--"Parsifal"--Increasing Popularity of Wagner's Music--Judgments--Accounts of the "Parsifal" Representations--The Theatre Building--"Parsifal," a National Drama--Its Significance and Idea--Anti-Semiticism--The Jewish Spirit--Wagner's Standpoint--Synopsis of "Parsifal"--The Legend of the Holy Grail--Its Symbolic Importance--Art in the Service of Religion--Beethoven and Wagner--"Redemption to the Redeemer." 159-197

LAST DAYS AND DEATH OF WAGNER. 197-204

THE LIFE OF WAGNER.