CONTENTSPart I. 1813-1842Childhood and SchooldaysMusical StudiesTravels in Germany (First Marriage)Paris: 1839-42Part II. 1842-1850 (Dresden)'Rienzi''The Flying Dutchman'Liszt, Spontini, Marschner, etc.'Tannhaüser'Franck, Schumann, Semper, Gutzkow, Auerbach'Lohengrin' (Libretto)Ninth SymphonySpohr, Gluck, Hiller, DevrientOfficial Position. Studies in Historical Literature'Rienzi' at BerlinRelations with the Management, Mother's Death, etc.Growing Sympathy with Political Events, BakuninThe May InsurrectionFlight: Weimar, Zürich, Paris, Bordeaux, Geneva, Zürich