CHAPTER II

THE ARTIST IN THEORY

I. HIS EARLY ITALIANISM 146

II. COMING TO HIMSELF 150

III. THE AWAKENING IN PARIS 155

IV. ÆSTHETIC PRINCIPLES 157

V. ESSAY ON THE OVERTURE 163

VI. FERMENTATION IN DRESDEN 172

VII. POLITICAL AND ARTISTIC IDEALS 174

VIII. "ART AND REVOLUTION" 176

IX. "THE ART-WORK OF THE FUTURE" 180

X. "OPERA AND DRAMA" 185

XI. HIS INSENSITIVENESS TO THE OTHER ARTS 203

XII. THE MUSICIAN DOMINATING THE POET 208

XIII. WAGNER AND BEETHOVEN 212

XIV. BEETHOVEN A TONE-POET 215

XV. SYMPHONIC AND DRAMATIC FORM 220

XVI. WAGNER'S SYMPHONIC LINEAGE 223

XVII. POETIC MUSIC AND THE PROGRAMME 228

XVIII. CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE 230