Chapter XI “Iris”
The song of the sun, Allegory and drama, Story of the opera, et seq.—The music, et seq.—Turbid orchestration, Local color, Borrowings from Meyerbeer,
Chapter XIV “Konigskinder”
Story of the play, et seq.—First production of Hummerdinck’s opera and cast, Earlier performance of the work as a melodrama, Author and composer, Opera and melodrama in Germany, Wagnerian symbolism and music, “Die Meistersinger” recalled, Hero and Leander, Humperdinck’s music,