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Composition Of Der Ring Des Nibelungen
The evolution of Richard Wagner's Epic poetry, epic operatic tetralogy ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (''The Ring of the Nibelung'') was a long and tortuous process, and the precise sequence of events which led the composer to embark upon such a vast undertaking is still unclear. The composition of the text took place between 1848 and 1853, when all four libretto, libretti were privately printed. The closing scene of the final opera, ''Götterdämmerung'', was revised a number of times between 1856 and 1872. The names of the last two Ring operas, ''Siegfried (opera), Siegfried'' and ''Götterdämmerung'', were probably not definitively settled until 1856. Conception of the ''Ring'' According to the composer's own account – as related in his autobiography ''Mein Leben (Wagner), Mein Leben'' – it was after the The Revolutions of 1848 in France, February Revolution that he began to sketch a play on the life of the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wagner, Paris, 1861
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
