Makes available in reliable English translation Wagner's original
Siegfried libretto and his early essay on the Nibelung myth. In
1848 Richard Wagner began what would become the largest stage work
of his career, the Ring of the Nibelung. In preparation for the
task he composed an overview of the Nibelung myth designed to lead
to a drama; he then composed the verse "libretto" Siegfried's
Death. Although he abandoned the idea of a single opera on
Siegfried in favor of the huge project that developed out of it in
the succeeding years -- the Ring cycle -- he did consider the two
early documents important enough to include them in his collected
works. The present volume seeks to inform the English-speaking
reader in three ways: by providing modern, reliable translations of
the two Wagner texts, which are otherwise not available (the German
original is provided on facing pages); by furnishing an overview of
German scholarship available to Wagner and others working on the
Nibelung legend in the first half of the nineteenth century; and by
making available a bibliography of further reading. The volume will
be useful to students of musicology, to students and historians of
myth and legend, and to all Wagnerians interested in the genesis of
the Ring cycle. Accessible to the general reader, it maintains
scholarly rigor and provides information about materials not
available in English. Edward R. Haymes is Professor in the
Department of Modern Languages atCleveland State University.
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