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Introductory Material

Introduction to Parsifal
Plot Summary of Parsifal
A Cautionary Tale

Sources and Contexts

Wagner's Sources
Parzival and Parsifal
Peredur, an Arthurian tale
Wolzogen on Parsifal
Wounding + Healing Holy Spear
Parsifal and Greek Myth
Magic Flowers
The Origins of Kundry
Heine's poem Atta Troll
Swans and Geese
Wagner, Buddhism and Parsifal
Jesus - Buddha - Parsifal
Indian Influences in Parsifal

Creation

Chronology
The Genesis of Parsifal
Die Sieger (The Victors)
R. Wagner to M. Wesendonk
Wagner's Muse

Interpretation

Parsifal and Race
Wieland Wagner's Parsifal Cross
Parsifal's Progress
Sleeping and Waking
Good Friday
Erlösung dem Erlöser
Parsifal and Christianity

References

The Prose Draft of Parsifal
Parsifal in English Translation
A Parsifal Bibliography
A Parsifal Discography

Performance

Parsifal on Stage
Adolphe Appia on Parsifal
Transformation Music
The Bells of Monsalvat
Parsifal at Covent Garden
Bernard Levin on Parsifal
Parsifal at Bayreuth
Syberberg's Parsifal Film

The Music

Introduction to the Music
The Mystic Chord
Leitmotif Guide
Menu of Leitmotiven
Prelude to Act 1
Prelude to Act 2
Prelude to Act 3
Meyerbeer's Robert and Parsifal

Reactions

Nietzsche on Parsifal
Shaw on Parsifal
A Poem by Paul Verlaine
Parsifal and the Nazis
Lévi-Strauss on Parsifal
Joseph Campbell on Parsifal
Thomas Mann on Parsifal


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