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DEREK HUGHES is Professor Emeritus at the University of Aberdeen. He has published an array of books and articles with an operatic or theatrical focus, including Culture and Sacrifice: Ritual Death in Literature and Opera (2007), and is a consistent contributor to the Wagner Journal.

Acknowledgments Illustrations Texts and Abbreviations Section I. Rabid and Virulent 1. The Accusations 2. A Pogrom in Russia 3. A Theatre Fire Section II. The Road to 'Das Judenthum in der Musik' 4. Meyerbeer 5. Revolution 6. 'Das Judenthum in der Musik' Section III : Jewish Villains? 7. Tannhäuser and Lohengrin 8. The Ring Alberich and Mime 9. The Jew in the Thornbush 10. Parsifal. Rassenschande? Section IV: Views of Wagner to 1945 11. Alberich and Mime. Two Early Views 12. Alberich and Mime. Further Early Views 13. Die Meistersinger, from Wagner to Hitler 14. Parsifal. The Fortunes of Kundry 15. Wagner's Reputation Section V. Wagner without Sensationalism 16. Race (1) 17. Jewish Genes 18. Race (2) 19. Good Jews and Jewish Friends 20. Nationalism 21. Jews in the Press. Three Case Studies 1. Usury 2. Darabani 3. A Harsh Winter Appendix Fotor Judaïcus: A Cautionary Tale Wagner and 'the Jew Guggenheim' Bibliography