Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
Subtitle: a companion : the full German text
By: with a new translation by Stewart Spencer and commentaries by Barry Millington ... [et al.].
Contributors: Spencer, Stewart.; Millington, Barry.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Operas -- Librettos
Notes: Bibliography: p. 376-381.
Discography: p. 382-383.
Parallel German and English text.
Table of contents: title: 'Or strike at me now as I strangle thy knee' : a note on the text and translation / Stewart Spencer; title: Wagner's revolutionary musical reforms / Barry Millington; title: Thematic guide; title: 'What shall we do for a ring?' / Barry Millington; title: In pursuit of the purely human : the 'Ring' and its medieval sources / Elizabeth Magee; title: Epiphany and apocalypse in the 'Ring' / Roger Hollinrake; title: 'The world belongs to Alberich!' : Wagner's changing attitude towards the 'Ring' / Warren Darcy; title: The ring of the Nibelung / translated by Stewart Spencer.