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OE Wagner Ring Cycle Booklet 10-8-7:Layout 2 13/8/07 11:07 Page 1 An Introduction to... OPERAEXPLAINED WAGNER The Ring of the Nibelung Written and read by Stephen Johnson 2 CDs 8.558184–85 OE Wagner Ring Cycle Booklet 10-8-7:Layout 2 13/8/07 11:07 Page 2 An Introduction to... WAGNER The Ring of the Nibelung Written and read by Stephen Johnson CD 1 1 Introduction 1:11 2 The Stuff of Legends 6:29 3 Dark Power? 4:38 4 Revolution in Music 2:57 5 A New Kind of Song 6:45 6 The Role of the Orchestra 7:11 7 The Leitmotif 5:12 Das Rheingold 8 Prelude 4:29 9 Scene 1 4:43 10 Scene 2 6:20 11 Scene 3 4:09 12 Scene 4 8:42 2 OE Wagner Ring Cycle Booklet 10-8-7:Layout 2 13/8/07 11:07 Page 3 Die Walküre 13 Background 0:58 14 Act I 10:54 15 Act II 4:48 TT 79:34 CD 2 1 Act II cont. 3:37 2 Act III 3:53 3 The Final Scene: Wotan and Brünnhilde 6:51 Siegfried 4 Act I 9:05 5 Act II 7:25 6 Act III 12:16 Götterdämmerung 7 Background 2:05 8 Prologue 8:04 9 Act I 5:39 10 Act II 4:58 11 Act III 4:27 12 The Final Scene: The End of Everything? 11:09 TT 79:35 3 OE Wagner Ring Cycle Booklet 10-8-7:Layout 2 13/8/07 11:07 Page 4 Music taken from: Das Rheingold – 8.660170–71 Wotan ...............................................................Wolfgang Probst Froh...............................................................Bernhard Schneider Donner ....................................................................Motti Kastón Loge........................................................................Robert Künzli Fricka...............................................................Michaela -
WAGNER and the VOLSUNGS None of Wagner’S Works Is More Closely Linked with Old Norse, and More Especially Old Icelandic, Culture
WAGNER AND THE VOLSUNGS None of Wagner’s works is more closely linked with Old Norse, and more especially Old Icelandic, culture. It would be carrying coals to Newcastle if I tried to go further into the significance of the incom- parable eddic poems. I will just mention that on my first visit to Iceland I was allowed to gaze on the actual manuscript, even to leaf through it . It is worth noting that Richard Wagner possessed in his library the same Icelandic–German dictionary that is still used today. His copy bears clear signs of use. This also bears witness to his search for the meaning and essence of the genuinely mythical, its very foundation. Wolfgang Wagner Introduction to the program of the production of the Ring in Reykjavik, 1994 Selma Gu›mundsdóttir, president of Richard-Wagner-Félagi› á Íslandi, pre- senting Wolfgang Wagner with a facsimile edition of the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda on his eightieth birthday in Bayreuth, August 1999. Árni Björnsson Wagner and the Volsungs Icelandic Sources of Der Ring des Nibelungen Viking Society for Northern Research University College London 2003 © Árni Björnsson ISBN 978 0 903521 55 0 The cover illustration is of the eruption of Krafla, January 1981 (Photograph: Ómar Ragnarsson), and Wagner in 1871 (after an oil painting by Franz von Lenbach; cf. p. 51). Cover design by Augl‡singastofa Skaparans, Reykjavík. Printed by Short Run Press Limited, Exeter CONTENTS PREFACE ............................................................................................ 6 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 7 BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD WAGNER ............................ 17 CHRONOLOGY ............................................................................... 64 DEVELOPMENT OF GERMAN NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS ..68 ICELANDIC STUDIES IN GERMANY ......................................... -
1. Teil: Siegfrieds Tod Auf Der Burg Zu Xanten Im Niederland Herrscht Das Stolze Geschlecht Der Wälsungen
DAS NIBELUNGENLIED (vorgetragen auf der Anreise nach Worms von Annemarie Reinitzhuber) 1. Teil: Siegfrieds Tod Auf der Burg zu Xanten im Niederland herrscht das stolze Geschlecht der Wälsungen. Unter der Obhut von König Siegmund und seiner Frau Sieglinde wächst deren Sohn Siegfried zum stattlichen Jüngling heran. Als zukünftiger Nachfolger seines Vaters muss er sich einer umfangreichen Ausbildung unterziehen, diese soll aber noch durch Erlernen eines Handwerks ergänzt werden. Wegen seiner körperlichen Kräfte möchte er sich zusätzliche Kenntnisse über das Schmiedehandwerk bei dem berühmten Meister Mine aneignen. Als Siegfried zum ersten Mal an dem Ambos steht, schlägt er so gewaltig auf das glühende Eisen ein, dass die Splitter nur so herumfliegen und der Ambos tief in den Boden versinkt. Mine beginnt sich vor dem hünenhaften Jungen zu fürchten. Hinterlistig wie er war, überlegt er, wie er Siegfried wieder loswerden könne. Deshalb gibt er ihm den Auftrag, bei einem Köhler in einer finsteren Bergschlucht Holzkohlen zu holen. Dabei verschweigt er aber, dass dort kein Köhler sondern ein Lindwurm haust. „Der kehrt nie wieder“, meint der Schmied zu sich spottend. Singend zieht also Siegfried am nächsten Morgen bewaffnet mit einem selbstgeschmiedeten Schwert durch den Wald dahin. Zwischen immer engeren Felsenwänden erhebt sich plötzlich das furchtbare Ungetüm: „Die Doppelzunge züngelte, der Rachen hauchte heiß, der Schuppenschweifumzingelte den Wälsungsohn im Kreis!“ Mutig schwingt Siegfried sein gutes Schwert. Der erste furchtbare Schlag hat dem Lindwurm gleich eine erhebliche Wunde zugefügt, neue Schläge rauben dem grässlichen Leibe bald die Lebenskräfte. Ein letzter Hieb trennt das Haupt vom Rumpfe. Dann verbrennt er das tote Untier auf einem Scheiterhaufen, ein heißer Strom aus Blut und Fett quillt hervor. -
Old Norse Mythology and the Ring of the Nibelung
Declaration in lieu of oath: I, Erik Schjeide born on: July 27, 1954 in: Santa Monica, California declare, that I produced this Master Thesis by myself and did not use any sources and resources other than the ones stated and that I did not have any other illegal help, that this Master Thesis has not been presented for examination at any other national or international institution in any shape or form, and that, if this Master Thesis has anything to do with my current employer, I have informed them and asked their permission. Arcata, California, June 15, 2008, Old Norse Mythology and The Ring of the Nibelung Master Thesis zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades “Master of Fine Arts (MFA) New Media” Universitätslehrgang “Master of Fine Arts in New Media” eingereicht am Department für Interaktive Medien und Bildungstechnologien Donau-Universität Krems von Erik Schjeide Krems, July 2008 Betreuer/Betreuerin: Carolyn Guertin Table of Contents I. Abstract 1 II. Introduction 3 III. Wagner’s sources 7 IV. Wagner’s background and The Ring 17 V. Das Rheingold: Mythological beginnings 25 VI. Die Walküre: Odin’s intervention in worldly affairs 34 VII. Siegfried: The hero’s journey 43 VIII. Götterdämmerung: Twilight of the gods 53 IX. Conclusion 65 X. Sources 67 Appendix I: The Psychic Life Cycle as described by Edward Edinger 68 Appendix II: Noteworthy Old Norse mythical deities 69 Appendix III: Noteworthy names in The Volsung Saga 70 Appendix IV: Summary of The Thidrek Saga 72 Old Norse Mythology and The Ring of the Nibelung I. Abstract As an MFA student in New Media, I am creating stop-motion animated short films. -
From Iron Age Myth to Idealized National Landscape: Human-Nature Relationships and Environmental Racism in Fritz Lang’S Die Nibelungen
FROM IRON AGE MYTH TO IDEALIZED NATIONAL LANDSCAPE: HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN FRITZ LANG’S DIE NIBELUNGEN Susan Power Bratton Whitworth College Abstract From the Iron Age to the modern period, authors have repeatedly restructured the ecomythology of the Siegfried saga. Fritz Lang’s Weimar lm production (released in 1924-1925) of Die Nibelungen presents an ascendant humanist Siegfried, who dom- inates over nature in his dragon slaying. Lang removes the strong family relation- ships typical of earlier versions, and portrays Siegfried as a son of the German landscape rather than of an aristocratic, human lineage. Unlike The Saga of the Volsungs, which casts the dwarf Andvari as a shape-shifting sh, and thereby indis- tinguishable from productive, living nature, both Richard Wagner and Lang create dwarves who live in subterranean or inorganic habitats, and use environmental ideals to convey anti-Semitic images, including negative contrasts between Jewish stereo- types and healthy or organic nature. Lang’s Siegfried is a technocrat, who, rather than receiving a magic sword from mystic sources, begins the lm by fashioning his own. Admired by Adolf Hitler, Die Nibelungen idealizes the material and the organic in a way that allows the modern “hero” to romanticize himself and, with- out the aid of deities, to become superhuman. Introduction As one of the great gures of Weimar German cinema, Fritz Lang directed an astonishing variety of lms, ranging from the thriller, M, to the urban critique, Metropolis. 1 Of all Lang’s silent lms, his two part interpretation of Das Nibelungenlied: Siegfried’s Tod, lmed in 1922, and Kriemhilds Rache, lmed in 1923,2 had the greatest impression on National Socialist leaders, including Adolf Hitler. -
Gotterdammerung Synopsis
Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung SYNOPSIS Prologue On the Valkyries’ rock. Three Norns, daughters of Erda, spin the golden rope of world knowledge, once tied to the World Ash Tree, which was desecrated by Wotan when he used it to make his spear, thereby establishing his rule over the universe. Though the Norns try to keep the rope taut, it snaps—breaking the connection between past and future—and as the Norns’ primeval wisdom comes to an end, the downfall of the gods becomes imminent. Siegfried and Brünnhilde, leading her horse Grane, emerge from a cave. Brünnhilde comments that her love for Siegfried would be false if she kept him from performing new heroic deeds and the couple exchanges gifts to signify their fidelity. Brünnhilde gives Siegfried Grane and Siegfried departs to pursue his heroic destiny, after putting the Ring of the Nibelung on her finger. Act I The hall of Gunther’s court on the Rhine. Alberich’s bastard son, Hagen, plots to regain the ring for his father. His legitimate half-siblings and the leaders of the Gibichungs, Gunther and Gutrune, have inherited the kingdom and Hagen advises them that they each must marry immediately in order to retain the respect of their subjects. Hagen suggests that Gunther marry Brünnhilde and that Gutrune marry Siegfried. Though interested, the siblings seem skeptical, and Hagen outlines his plan to supply Gutrune with an amnesiac potion which she will give to Siegfried to make him forget his past—including Brünnhilde. Once Gutrune has seduced the hero, they will convince him to woo Brünnhilde on Gunther’s behalf. -
Chronologie Der Nibelungenrezeption
1 Die literarische Rezeption des Nibelungenstoffes Stand: 18. 2. 2008 Zusammengestellt von Gunter E. Grimm Die Bibliographie enthält Titel aus der sogenannten ‚produktiven’ Rezeption des Nibelungen-Sagenkreises, also belletristische Werke (Versepen, Romane, Erzählungen, Dramen, Festspiele, Balladen, Gedichte, Parodien). Die mit * versehenen Titel sind im Rahmen des Internetportals www.nibelungenrezeption.de bereits ins Netz gestellt. Die deutschsprachigen Titel sind recte, die fremdsprachigen Texte kursiv gesetzt. In blauer Schrift sind die in Auswahl genannten wichtigen wissenschaftlichen Schriften wiedergegeben. Nacherzählungen und Kinderbücher sind nur in Ausnahmefällen aufgenommen. Die Betreiber dieser Internetseite sind immer dankbar für Nennung weiterer einschlägiger Werk-Titel und – da nicht in jedem Fall die Autopsie der Werke möglich war – für Verbesserungen der bibliographischen Angaben. Email-Adresse: [email protected] Geschichte Jahr Quellen & Texte Altertum Tod des Cheruskerkönigs Arminius 19. o. 21 n. Quelle: v.a. Tacitus: „Annales” (Jahrbücher), 2. Buch (Hermann der Cherusker) Chr. Zerstörung des rheinischen Burgun- 436 n. Chr. Quelle: v.a. Gregor von Tours: „Decem libri historiarum“ (Zehn denreichs (des Königs Gundahar) Bücher Geschichten) durch hunnische Hilfstruppen des römischen Heermeisters Flavius Aëtius Tod des Hunnenkönigs Attila (reg. 453 n. Chr. Quelle: Jordanes: „De origine actibusque Getarum“ oder„Getica“ ab 434), altnord. Atli, mhd. Etzel, (Über den Ursprung und die Taten der Goten) angeblich in der Hochzeitsnacht mit der Gotin Ildicó („Hildchen“) Vor 516 „Lex Burgundionum“ (Erwähnung der Namen Gundahari, Gibica, Godomar, Gislahari Theoderich der Große (471-526), der 526 n. Chr. Quelle: Jordanes: „De origine actibusque Getarum“ „Dietrich von Bern“ der Sage Ermordung Sigiberts von Austrasien, 575 n. Chr. Quelle: Gregor von Tours: „Decem libri historiarum“ (Zehn Bücher verheiratet mit der Westgotin Geschichten); „Fredegar-Chronik“. -
The Anti-Semitic Intention of the Ring of the Nibelung
The Anti-Semitic Intention of The Ring of the Nibelung: An Evaluation of Jewish Culture and Wagner’s Dwarven Characters Through his own notes and letters, the anti-Semitic beliefs of composer Richard Wagner are both articulate and vehement. Almost all interpretations of his character come from these writings, but insight into his compositions reveals that his personal holdings are manifest there as well. The works of Wagner are orchestrated to be seen through a perspective consistent with his personal prejudices against Jews. The purpose of this essay is to draw from the Ring of the Nibelung, a plausible allegory of the prejudices held against Jewish culture (of historical and social pertinence) as embodied in Wagner’s dwarven characters, Alberich and Mime. Intentionally excluded is application of music theory, while examined are Wagner’s previous drafts, notes and letters. Evidence from outside sources is collaborated with the text and stage directions found in Andrew Porter’s English translation of The Ring of the Nibelung. The root of anti-Semitism is believed theological, stemming from the statement made by the Jewish rabble demanding Jesus’ death: “His blood be on us and on our children,” Mt 27: 25. It was however, not the Jews of the Old and New Testament from which European prejudices emerged, but rather from those living in Europe at the time of the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine. Many found a curious and necessary place in society as doctors and moneylenders, the latter due to the prohibitions against usury leveled at Christians by the Church. -
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Synopsis
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Synopsis PROLOGUE The three Norns, daughters of the earth goddess Erda, are busy weaving the rope of fate. Predicting Valhalla’s imminent fall, they notice that the rope of destiny is starting to fray and unravel. As the sisters try to make it taut, it snaps and they descend in terror to Erda. At dawn, Siegfried and Brünnhilde awaken from their night together. Though fearful that she may lose him, Brünnhilde encourages Siegfried to travel in search of heroic challenges. He gives her the ring as a pledge of his love. ACT I In their home on the Rhine, Gunther, leader of the Gibichungs, and his sister Gutrune plot how to secure the Ring. Their halfbrother Hagen, son of Alberich, advises Gunther to marry Brünnhilde. By means of a magic potion, Siegfried could be induced to forget his vows and win her for Gunther in return for Gutrune’s hand. Siegfried’s horn call announces his approach. Gunther welcomes him, and Gutrune seals his fate by offering him the potion. He drinks and instantly forgets all about Brünnhilde and agrees to bring her to Gunther. On Brünnhilde’s rock, Waltraute visits her sister and tells her that she must yield the Ring to the Rhinemaidens or all is doomed. When she refuses, Waltraute departs in despair. Dusk falls as Siegfried appears, disguised as Gunther by means of the Tarnhelm. He wrests the ring from the terrified Brünnhilde and claims her as Gunther’s bride. ACT II Alberich appears to Hagen and urges his sleeping son to win back the Ring from Siegfried. -
Handout 17. U. 28.12. Nibelungenlied
1 Einführung in die germanistische Mediävistik Jochen Conzelmann Verschriftlichung der Heldensage: Das ‚Nibelungenlied’ Das ‚Nibelungenlied‘ (abgekürzt: NL) , entstanden um 1200 vermutl. in Passau, • stellt, abgesehen vom ahd. ‚Hildebrandslied‘ aus dem 9. Jh. (das nur zwei Handschriftenseiten umfasst), das erste schriftliche Zeugnis germanischer Heldensage dar; • schöpft aus mündlicher Tradition; • mediävalisiert mündlich tradierte Erzählungen von Ereignissen der Völkerwanderungszeit (4.- 6. Jh.), dem ‚heroic age‘ der germanischen Heldensage in schriftliterarischer Form. Heldensage • verweist als Begriff auf Mündlichkeit: „Sage“ „sagen“, mündlich „erzählen“, „berichten“; • besitzt stets einen ‚historischen Kern‘ und dient der memoria , der Erinnerung an Taten und Ereignisse früherer Zeiten und so der Verankerung historischer Ereignisse im kollektiven kulturellen Gedächtnis; • formt aber die tatsächlichen historischen Ereignisse in erzählerischer Weise um – vom Faktualen zur ‚Sage‘: Haupt-Personal des NL: Wormser Hof: Die Burgunden-Könige Gunther, Gernot und Giselher Ihre Schwester Kriemhild Ute, die Königin-Mutter Hagen von Tronje, ‚Chefberater’ und Verwandter Gunthers Dankwart, Hagens Bruder Volker von Alzey, Kampfgefährte Hagens und adliger Spielmann Xanten: Siegfried, sehr starker Held mit magischen Hilfsmitteln Siegmund, sein Vater, König Sieglinde, Gemahlin Siegmunds, Siegfrieds Mutter Îsenstein , Island: Brünhilde, starke Frau und Herrscherin über Island; später als Gattin Gunthers Königin der Burgunden Nibelungenland: Alberich, -
BRUNHILDS CINEMATIC EVOLUTION in GERMAN FILM By
BRUNHILDS CINEMATIC EVOLUTION IN GERMAN FILM by ULLA KASPRZYK HELD (Under the Direction of Christine Haase) ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the portrayal of Brunhild in three major films that retell the Norse and Germanic variations of the legends of Brunhild and Siegfried: Fritz Lang’s Die Nibelungen (1924), Harald Reinl’s Die Nibelungen (1966), and Uli Edel’s Die Nibelungen – Der Fluch des Drachen (2004) (English title Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, 2006). The emphasis will be on whether Brunhild is portrayed in keeping with the spirit of the Norse tradition, i.e. that of a strong woman with agency, by examining the decade the film was shot in, to include gender relations, the director and production team, the literary and other sources used for the film, and finally the plot of the film itself, coupled with the portrayal of the character by the respective actress. I will argue the portrayal of this epic figure does not correspond to the most successful and emancipated representation of Brunhild in the Norse tradition in Lang’s and Reinl’s films, whereas it does in Edel’s film. An overview of the legend and sagas that have served as sources for these films will be required in order to support my analyses. A connection between the making of these films and the directors’ choice of which literary Brunhild to portray will also be examined. INDEX WORDS: Fritz Lang, Harald Reinl, Uli Edel, German Cinema, Fantasy, Brunhild, Brynhild, Siegfried, Sigurd, Die Nibelungen, Die Nibelungen – Der Fluch des Drachen, The Ring of the Nibelungs, Dark -
Hollywood's Transformation of the Leitmotiv By
From Alberich to Gollum: Hollywood’s Transformation of the Leitmotiv by Andrew J. Reitter A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the University of Delaware in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Honors Degree in Music History and Literature with Distinction Spring 2013 © 2013 Andrew J. Reitter All Rights Reserved From Alberich to Gollum: Hollywood’s Transformation of the Leitmotiv by Andrew J. Reitter Approved: __________________________________________________________ Philip Gentry, Ph.D. Professor in charge of thesis on behalf of the Advisory Committee Approved: __________________________________________________________ Russell Murray, Ph.D. Committee member from the Department of Music Approved: __________________________________________________________ James Anderson, Ph.D. Committee member from the Department of Music Approved: __________________________________________________________ Leslie Reidel, M.F.A. Committee member from the Board of Senior Thesis Readers Approved: __________________________________________________________ Michael Arnold, Ph.D. Director, University Honors Program ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to acknowledge all of my readers for their guidance and support throughout this endeavor. I would like to give special thanks to Dr. Philip Gentry for his inspirational teaching and advising, which has resulted in my decision to pursue higher education in the field of Musicology, and I would also like to thank him for his steady hand and patience in working with me over the last few years. Additionally,