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Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: The Challenge of Wagner's Parsifal William Kinderman I. The Text: Sources and Symbols Medievalism and Metaphysics: The Literary Background of Parsifal Mary A. Cicora Erotic Love in Chrétien's Perceval, Wolfram's Parzival, and Wagner's Parsifal James M. McGlathery Parsifal and Religion: A Christian Music-Drama? Ulrike Kienzle II. The Music: Evolution, Structure, Aesthetics The Genesis of the Music William Kinderman Unseen Voices: Wagner's Musical-Dramatic Shaping of the Grail Scene of Act 1 Katherine R. Syer "Die Zeit ist da": Rotational Form and Hexatonic Magic in Act 2 Scene 1 Warren Darcy III. Reception and Interpretation Die Weihe des Hauses (The Consecration of the House): Houston Stewart Chamberlain and the Early Reception of Parsifal Roger Allen Parsifal on Stage Katherine R. Syer Notes on the Contributors Works Cited Index
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal.