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. 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.
Read more about Der Ring Des Nibelungen: Composition Of The Music: Wagner's Method of Composition, Earliest Sketches, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Acts I and II, Wagner's Wanderings, Siegfried, Act III, Götterdämmerung
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