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Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, a companion : the full German text / with a new translation by Stewart Spencer and commentaries by Barry Millington, Elizabeth Magee, Roger Hollinrake and Warren Darcy.

By: Stewart Spencer, Barry Millington.
Contributor(s): Millington, Barry.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Thames and Hudson, c1993Description: 383 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0500015678; 0500281947 (pbk.).Subject(s): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Libretto. English & German | Operas -- Analysis, appreciation | Operas -- LibrettosDDC classification: 782.102
Contents:
'Or strike at me now as I strangle thy knee' : a note on the text and translation / Stewart Spencer -- Wagner's revolutionary musical reforms / Barry Millington -- 'What shall we do for a ring? / Barry Millington -- In pursuit of the purely human : the 'Ring' and its medieval sources / Elizabeth Magee -- Epiphany and apocalypse in the 'Ring' / Roger Hollinrake -- 'The world belongs to Alberich!' : Wagner's changing attitute towards the 'Ring' / Warren Darcy -- The ring of the Nibelung / translated by Stewart Spencer.
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782.102 SPE 1993 (Browse shelf) Available
Non Fiction Non Fiction BardBerlinLibrary
2nd floor
782.102 SPE 1993 (Browse shelf) Available
Non Fiction Non Fiction BardBerlinLibrary
2nd floor
782.102 SPE 1993 (Browse shelf) Available

The libretto in parallel German and English.

Bibliography: p. 376-381.P.

'Or strike at me now as I strangle thy knee' : a note on the text and translation / Stewart Spencer -- Wagner's revolutionary musical reforms / Barry Millington -- 'What shall we do for a ring? / Barry Millington -- In pursuit of the purely human : the 'Ring' and its medieval sources / Elizabeth Magee -- Epiphany and apocalypse in the 'Ring' / Roger Hollinrake -- 'The world belongs to Alberich!' : Wagner's changing attitute towards the 'Ring' / Warren Darcy -- The ring of the Nibelung / translated by Stewart Spencer.

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