Wagner wanted Siegfried, the third music drama in The Ring of the
Nibelung, to be the most popular of the cycle. Despite its many
beautiful and dramatic scenes, it has not fulfilled its composer's
aspiration: Professor Ulrich Weisstein examines why. Professor
Anthony Newcomb contributes a detailed analysis of Wagner's
leitmotifs and the different purposes they fulfil. Derrick Puffett
discusses how Wagner composed Tristan und Isolde and Die
Meistersinger von Nurnberg in the eight-year hiatus between his
beginning and completion of Siegfried's second act. The thematic
guide complements those found in the other Opera Guides to The Ring
Cycle. Contents: Educating Siegfried, Ulrich Weisstein;
'Siegfried': The Music, Anthony Newcomb; 'Siegfried' in the Context
of Wagner's Operatic Writing, Derrick Puffett; Siegfried: Poem by
Richard Wagner; Siegfried: English translation by Andrew Porter
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