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Dahlhaus: The inner action of the drama
Thoughts on the meaning of the drama
Parsifal Libretto
Act 1 Libretto, Translation and Commentary
Act 2 Libretto, Translation and Commentary
Act 3 Libretto, Translation and Commentary
Wagner's Life: chronology
Discography of complete recordings of Parsifal
Introduction to Parsifal
Articles
Is there anti-Semitism in Parsifal?
Adolphe Appia on Parsifal and the Ring
The "Ban" on Parsifal
The Sacrament of Baptism
Joseph Campbell on Parsifal
Parsifal and Christianity
Deryck Cooke on Parsifal
The Dove as Symbol: Umberto Eco
Erlösung dem Erlöser
The Magic Flowers of Klingsor's Garden
Parsifal and Greek Myth
Heines's poem 'Atta Troll: Ein Sommernachtstraum'
Wagner, Buddhism and Parsifal
Jessie L. Weston on Parzival and Parsifal
The Origins of Kundry
Seven Faces of Kundry
Herodias
Magdalen
Orgelûse
Die Sieger
Sigûne
Balaam and Josaphat
Condrie
Bernard Levin on Parsifal at Covent Garden
Claude Lévi-Strauss on Parsifal
Lilith, Eve and Kundry
Wagner and the Waste Land
Spiritual Masters: Eckhart and Hafiz
Meyerbeer's 'Robert le Diable' and Wagner's 'Parsifal'
Schopenhauer on Compassion
Schopenhauer on Justice
Schopenhauer on Loving-Kindness
Wagner's Muse: Judith Gautier
Wagners Mystical Chords
Everything you wanted to know about the Tristan Chord
Musical Motives in 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'
A List of Musical Motives in the Ring
The Land of Non-being: Wagner and Nirvana
Jesus, Buddha and Parsifal
Parsifal and the Nazis
Nietzsche on Parsifal
The Orchestration of Parsifal
The Bells of Monsalvat
A Parsifal Chronology
Parsifal at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden in 1914
The Genesis of the opera Parsifal
An Introduction to the Music of Parsifal
Prose Draft of 1865
Prose Draft: Act 1
Notes on Act 1
Prose Draft: Act 2
Notes on Act 2
Prose Draft: Act 3
Notes on Act 3
Wagner's Sources for 'Parsifal'
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Chrétien de Troyes
Celtic Legends
Perceval at the Grail Castle
The Question, the Fisher King and the Amfortas Wound
Peredur the Son of Evrawc
Parsifal's Progress
Parsifal on Stage
The Prelude to Act 1
The Prelude to Act 2
The Prelude to Act 3
Parsifal and Race
Eternal Rebirth: the Serpent Woman
George Bernard Shaw on Parsifal in Bayreuth
Sleeping and Waking
The Wounding and Healing Spear
The Holy Grail in Tradition and Literature
Symbols of the Grail Procession and Ritual
The Horn of Plenty and the Grail
Thematic Guide
motif 1; Grundthema
motif 2: Holy Grail (Dresden Amen)
motif 3: Faith
motif 4: Suffering
motif 5: Amfortas
motif 6: Pain of the Wound
motif 7: Titurel
motif 8: Angels
motif 9: Prophecy
motif 10: Riding, Storm, Boyish Deeds
motif 11: Kundry's Laughter
motif 12: Balsam
motif 13: Nature's Healing or Forest
motif 14: Magic or Sorcery
motif 15: Klingsor
motif 16: Parsifal the Hero
motif 17: Swan
motif 18: Remorse or Compassion
motif 19: Herzeleide
motif 20: Ethical Question
motif 21: Bells
motif 22: Agony
motif 23: Waking
motif 24: Lamentations
motif 25: Caresses
motif 26: Quarrel, Flattery
motif 27: Devotion
motif 28: Love's Sorrow
motif 29: Desire for Redemption
motif 30: Yearning
motif 31: Kundry's Curse
motif 32: Desolation
motif 33: Straying
motif 34: Atonement
motif 35: Distress of Monsalvat
motif 36: Purity
motif 37: Benediction
motif 38: Innocence
motif 39: Good Friday Meadows
motif 40: Funeral Procession
Musical References
Carl Suneson on Indian influences in Parsifal
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's Parsifal film
The Tannhäuser Problem Simplified
Thomas Mann on Parsifal
Tristan und Isolde: A Programme Note
Vegetarianism and Anti-vivisection
Verlaine's Parsifal poem
Transformation Scenes in Parsifal
Wagner and Ancient Greece
Wagner writing about Parsifal
Swans and Geese: Wagner's Wildfowl
A letter from Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonk
Notes on Wagner's letter of August 1860
Hans von Wolzogen on Parsifal
The Eagle, the Phoenix and the Divine Blood
The Mead of Poetry