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Der Ring des Nibelungen

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Der Ring des Nibelungen: Composition of the music. The composition of the operatic tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung occupied Richard Wagner for more than a quarter of a century.

Der Ring des Nibelungen: Composition of the music

Conceived around 1848, the work was not finished until 1874, less than two years before the entire cycle was given its premiere at Bayreuth. Most of this time was devoted to the composition of the music, the text having been largely completed in about four years. Wagner's method of composition[edit] Der Ring des Nibelungen: Composition of the poem. Richard Wagner Conception of the Ring[edit] The Wagner memorial in the Liebethaler Grund near Dresden.

Der Ring des Nibelungen: Composition of the poem

Wagner probably conceived Siegfried's Tod during long walks in this picturesque valley. This rather straightforward account of the Ring's origins, however, has been disputed by a number of authorities, who accuse Wagner of deliberately distorting the facts so as to bring them into harmony with his own private version of history. Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Das Rheingold

Die Walküre. Siegfried. Götterdämmerung.