'The wealth of analytic insight, into both text and music, belies the book's modest length, and it must surely be recognized as the best English study of Parsifal now available.' Music & Letters

• 1. The sources; 2. Text and synopsis; 3. The music by Arnold Whittall; 4. Stage history; 5. Reactions and critical assessments; 6. A proposed interpretation; Notes; Bibliography; Discography Malcolm Walker.

'The wealth of analytic insight, into both text and music, belies the book's modest length, and it must surely be recognized as the best English study of Parsifal now available.' Music & Letters

• 1. The sources; 2. Text and synopsis; 3. The music by Arnold Whittall; 4. Stage history; 5. Reactions and critical assessments; 6. A proposed interpretation; Notes; Bibliography; Discography Malcolm Walker.

'The wealth of analytic insight, into both text and music, belies the book's modest length, and it must surely be recognized as the best English study of Parsifal now available.' Music & Letters

• 1. The sources; 2. Text and synopsis; 3. The music by Arnold Whittall; 4. Stage history; 5. Reactions and critical assessments; 6. A proposed interpretation; Notes; Bibliography; Discography Malcolm Walker.