obliged to leave Munich, 322, 323; retires to "Triebschen," 323, 395; elopes with Cosima von Bülow, 323, 324; marries Cosima, 325; Bayreuth, 325-329; his worship of brute force, 378, 379; completion of the _Ring_, 400, 407; outward success, 407; his death, 415; his character and achievement, 416-421 Wagner, Rosalie, 7, 10, 15, 16, 22, 24, 32, 39 Wagner, Siegfried, 71 Wagner, Sophie (Wendt), 23 Wagnerites, the, 287 Walther von der Vogelweide, 294 Weber, Carl Maria von, 13, 55, 350, 372, 390; his influence on Wagner, 13, 25, 34, 35, 41, 61, 92, 150, 153, 177, 185, 284; his re-interment at Dresden, 135, 213 214; _Euryanthe_, 13, 38, 305; _Der Freischütz_, 13, 25 Weber, Dionys, 45, 46 Weinlig, Theodor, 36-38, 57 Wendt, Sophie, marries Adolph Wagner, 23 Wesendoncks, the, 199, 208 Wieck, Clara, _see_ Schumann, Clara Wigand, Otto, 205 _Wiland der Schmied_, 203, 206, 207 Wilhelmj, August, 328 Wille, Dr. and Frau, 208 Wüst, Henriette, 45 Wylde, Dr. Henry, 225 _Young Siegfried_, 227-229 Zigesar, von, 201