Wagner Leitmotifs The Ring Music Excerpts Opera The Ring Cycle [PDF]

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www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner Das Rheingold, Scene 1

Nature The depths of the Rhine as undifferentiated d1, m1a, c1 nature; Urelement

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First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition d2, m1b, c2, w of 1 consciousnes s (developed from d1)

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The song of the Rhinemaidens as tempters Rhinemaiden back to immature s innocence; Rheintöchter (der d26, m2, c3, ives from d1, the added sixth w2 as in d24 hinting at the Rhinemaidens as delight in nature. Very close to d27)

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Threat Alberich shakes his fist at the w4 Rheintöchter; Drohmotiv (close to d50)

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Alberich's obsessive will as a Alberich's will force of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (harm 30 onic version of the opening notes of d13)

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Rheingold! Rheingold! (reharmonises the added sixth Rheingold! of d26; also occurs in the d31, m4, c6, w7 minor where it is very close to d68)

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Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates Woe or grief to d4; opposite of d38) d68, m5, c4, w3 See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt

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www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!" d68a, c19

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Gold as worth The gold as true worth (derives directly from d1, d44, m3, c5, w5 connected to d45; also occurs in minor)

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Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

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d76a

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

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d76b

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

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d8a

d8b, c7

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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Das Rheingold, Scene 2

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

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d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8b, c7

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The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

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Giant's strength d58, m12, c11, w The Giants as brute strength 15 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmoti v) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

The Promises keeping of m15, w17 promises

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Freia's golden apples as Freia as joy joy, and immortality (major d7, m16, c16, w18 form of d4 and of d76)

Love as fulifllment d90, c69, w73

d90a, m10, c12

d90b, m60

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d90c, m41, w55b

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

d76a

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Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

d76b

The growing Dämmerun twilight; Dämmerung (th g e first half comes w19 from d7 and d4; the second from d16)

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Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14

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Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

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Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

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d20a

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d20b

d20c, c55

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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Feuerzauber Loge's fire-magic; Feuerzauber (close w21 to the d20 family)

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Destiny accepted Destiny accepted (related to d4 and d76; a d79 complement of d73)

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Gold as worth The gold as true worth (derives directly from d1, d44, m3, c5, w5 connected to d45; also occurs in minor)

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The song of the Rhinemaidens as tempters Rhinemaiden back to immature s innocence; Rheintöchter (der d26, m2, c3, ives from d1, the added sixth w2 as in d24 hinting at the Rhinemaidens as delight in nature. Very close to d27)

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Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly represents d50, m17, c17, w22 the tapping of hammer on anvil)

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Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates Woe or grief to d4; opposite of d38) d68, m5, c4, w3 See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt

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www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!" d68a, c19

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d68b

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Das Rheingold, Scene 3

the Tarnhelm as Tarnhelm unconscious d18, m18, c18, w fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (n 23 ote the final bare fifth; related to d16 and to d68)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

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Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!"

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

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The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8b, c7

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Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

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d20a

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d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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d20c, c55

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Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly represents d50, m17, c17, w22 the tapping of hammer on anvil)

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The Promises keeping of m15, w17 promises

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Brooding Purposeful brooding; Sinnen (derived from d8, related to d61a) d9, m19, c56, w25

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Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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The home of the Nibelhiem Nibelungen; night, greed, m20, c20, w26 resentment (related to d57)

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Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14

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Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

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Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

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d76a

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Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

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Giant's strength d58, m12, c11, w The Giants as brute strength 15 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmoti v) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

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Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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Freia's golden apples as Freia as joy joy, and immortality (major d7, m16, c16, w18 form of d4 and of d76)

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Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

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d20a

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d20b

d20c, c55

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

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The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8b, c7

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

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d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!"

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d68b

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Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly represents d50, m17, c17, w22 the tapping of hammer on anvil)

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The home of the Nibelhiem Nibelungen; night, greed, m20, c20, w26 resentment (related to d57)

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the Tarnhelm as Tarnhelm unconscious d18, m18, c18, w fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (n 23 ote the final bare fifth; related to d16 and to d68)

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The song of the Rhinemaidens as tempters Rhinemaiden back to immature s innocence; Rheintöchter (der d26, m2, c3, ives from d1, the added sixth w2 as in d24 hinting at the Rhinemaidens as delight in nature. Very close to d27)

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The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

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Destiny accepted Destiny accepted (related to d4 and d76; a d79 complement of d73)

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Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

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d76a

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

d76b

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Alberich's obsessive will as a Alberich's will force of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (harm 30 onic version of the opening notes of d13)

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Alberich's curse as the Curse an d13, m23, c23, w2 expressio 9 n of destiny (an

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Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14

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Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

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Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

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Nature The depths of the Rhine as undifferentiated d1, m1a, c1 nature; Urelement

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The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

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Love as Love as fulifllment fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected d90, c69, w73 with d87, d88 and d89, more distantly with d69 and d86; the end d90a, m10, c12 of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a

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d90b, m60

modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and Brünnhilde

d90c, m41, w55b

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The thunder as masculine spirit; Thunder Donner; Gewitterzauber (related d46, m26, c27, w33 to d44 and d45)

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Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives directly d45, m27, c29, w51 from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Die Walküre, Act 1, Scene 1 The storm which opens Die Walküre, as Wotan's resistance the Storm to destiny (derived from d73, d74, c30, w36 with the rising quintuplet from Alberich's d15) The thunder as masculine spirit; Thunder Donner; Gewitterzauber (related d46, m26, c27, w33 to d44 and d45)

Siegmund d35, m28, c31 Siegmund as hero schooled in misfortune (related melodically to d70, d73 and d74) d35a

Sieglinde as heroine schooled in Sieglinde misfortune (at bar 2; d36, m29, c32, w3 fits well with d35; 7 resembles d8 inverte d, or d1 followed by d4) The drink which unites the destinies of Siegmund and Sieglinde the Drink (development d39 of d35 and d36; a lovely passage, but occurs twice only so hardly qualifies as a motif)

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the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

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Hunding as Hunding Siegmund's dark d60, m32, c35, w41 shadow (related to d58, d62 and d69)

Siegmund d35, m28, c31 Siegmund as hero schooled in misfortune (related melodically to d70, d73 and d74) d35a

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the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

Woe or grief, whether Woe or grief accepted or d68, m5, c4, w3 not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoid68a, c19 ho!"

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d68b

The tragic but heroic destiny of tragic Volsung the Volsung race d66, m33, c36, w (minor version 40 of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 a nd perhaps d76)

Grief as acceptance of unavoidable suffering Grief accepted (semitones between bar 1 and d81, c37 bar 3, and bar 5 and bar 6, are reminiscent of d68)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Hunding as Hunding Siegmund's dark d60, m32, c35, w41 shadow (related to d58, d62 and d69)

Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

The tragic but heroic destiny of tragic Volsung the Volsung race d66, m33, c36, w (minor version 40 of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 a nd perhaps d76)

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner Sieglinde as heroine schooled in Sieglinde misfortune (at bar 2; d36, m29, c32, w3 fits well with d35; 7 resembles d8 inverte d, or d1 followed by d4)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

Siegmund's song for the coming of spring, as his experience of Siegmund's love song fulfilment with Sieglinde d86, c38 (related to d26, d7 and d37, but has an aria-character somewhat out of place in the Ring)

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

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Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

d76b

Die Walküre, Act 2, Scene 1

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

The Valkyries as primal energy in Walküren action; Walkürenruf (related d22, m35, c42, w45a to d20c and to the inversion of d20b)

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Hunding as Hunding Siegmund's dark d60, m32, c35, w41 shadow (related to d58, d62 and d69)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Promises The keeping m15, w17 of promises

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Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79) Alberich's curse as an the Curse expressio d13, m23, c23, w2 n of 9 destiny (an inversion of d8)

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Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79) Alberich's curse as an the Curse expressio d13, m23, c23, w2 n of 9 destiny (an inversion of d8)

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

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Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!"

d68b

Rheingold! Rheingold! (reharmonises the added sixth Rheingold! of d26; also occurs in the d31, m4, c6, w7 minor where it is very close to d68)

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The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8b, c7

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46) Giant's strength The Giants as d58, m12, c11, w brute strength 15 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmoti v) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

Promises The keeping m15, w17 of promises

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a)

Siegmund d35, m28, c31 Siegmund as hero schooled in misfortune (related melodically to d70, d73 and d74) d35a

Alberich's obsessive will as a Alberich's will force of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (har 30 monic version of the opening notes of d13)

The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

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the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

The tragic but heroic destiny of tragic Volsung the Volsung race d66, m33, c36, w (minor version 40 of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 a nd perhaps d76)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Hunding as Hunding Siegmund's dark d60, m32, c35, w41 shadow (related to d58, d62 and d69)

Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

Die Walküre, Act 2, Scene 4

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening d83, m37, c47 notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

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Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

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d37a, c33

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The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

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The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

Hunding as Hunding Siegmund's dark d60, m32, c35, w41 shadow (related to d58, d62 and d69)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44) The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!"

d68b

The tragic but heroic destiny of tragic Volsung the Volsung race d66, m33, c36, w (minor version 40 of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 a nd perhaps d76)

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

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Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79)

Die Walküre, Act 3, Scene 1 The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

Walküren d22, m35, c42, w45a

d22a

The Valkyries as primal energy in action; Walkürenruf (related to d20c and to the inversion of d20b)

d22b

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

d68b

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!"

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (re lated to d18 and m20)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Love as fulifllment Love as d90, c69, w73 fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, d90a, m10, c12 more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a d90b, m60 modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

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Transformation d91 Transformation (related to d88) Wolzogen calls d91a Liebeserlösung d91a, m40, c50

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Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening d83, m37, c47 notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

d68b

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoiho!"

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Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

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Love as fulifllment Love as d90, c69, w73 fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, d90a, m10, c12 more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a d90b, m60 modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79)

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

unavoidable Destiny The inevitability of destiny (variant of d84; connected d85 to d79 and thence to d73 and d4)

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Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening d83, m37, c47 notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

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The downfall of the gods, back to Mother Downfall Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion d4, m25, c26, w32 of d3)

Alberich's curse as an the Curse expression of destiny (an d13, m23, c23, w29 inversion of d8)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Magic sleep as regression to the unconscious (note the progressions Magic sleep to the mediant; the falling d16, m42, c53 semitones relate to d68 and hence to d4)

Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as the d30, m43, c52, w56 opening of d26 and d27)

ambivalent Loge Loge as the d21, m14, c21 ambivalence of primal energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but d21a more dynamic)

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d76a

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

d76b

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

d20c, c55

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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Brooding Purposeful brooding; Sinnen (derived from d8, related d9, m19, c56, w25 to d61a)

The home of the Nibelhiem Nibelungen; night, greed, m20, c20, w26 resentment (related to d57)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil) Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Alberich's curse as an the Curse expression of destiny (an d13, m23, c23, w29 inversion of d8)

obstinate Mime Mime as obsessive persistence (variant of d50) d51

Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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d68b

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (re lated to d18 and m20)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

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Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

d20c, c55

Siegfried's youthful Siegfried's strength strength; Lebenslust (heroic counterpart d53, m45, c65, w58a of d58, reminiscent of d46 and d52)

Giant's strength The Giants as d58, m12, c11, w brute strength 15 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmoti v) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

Bliss d38, c39

Bliss, and the longing for bliss (related to d6; the chromatic rise is the complement of d37 and d68)

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d38a, m46

d38b

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67

d27a, m51a

m51b

The song of the forest-bird, as initiator out of immature innocence (very close to d26)

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The tragic but heroic destiny of tragic Volsung the Volsung race d66, m33, c36, w (minor version 40 of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 a nd perhaps d76)

First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition d2, m1b, c2, w of 1 consciousnes s (developed from d1) The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88) Sieglinde as heroine schooled in Sieglinde misfortune (at bar 2; d36, m29, c32, w3 fits well with d35; 7 resembles d8 inverte d, or d1 followed by d4) Siegfried's freedo m d56, c63, w59

d56a

Siegfried's heroic freedom from entanglements; Wanderlied (brig hter relatives of d52, linked with d70 and d73; see also d72, d26 and d27)

Wotan the Wanderer, wise and in touch with the unconscious (note the Wanderer the progressions to d17, m47, c64, w60a the mediant; related to d16 by the falling semitones; compare also d82)

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The home of the Nibelhiem Nibelungen; night, greed, m20, c20, w26 resentment (related to d57)

Wotan the Wanderer, wise and in touch with the the Wanderer unconscious (note the d17, m47, c64, w60a progressions to the mediant; related to d16 by the falling semitones; compare also d82) Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Brooding Purposeful brooding; Sinnen (derived from d8, related to d61a) d9, m19, c56, w25

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Woe or grief, whether accepted Woe or grief or d68, m5, c4, w3 not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4;

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opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

Giant's strength The Giants as d58, m12, c11, w1 brute strength 5 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmotiv ) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (r elated to d18 and m20)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition d2, m1b, c2, w of 1 consciousnes s (developed from d1)

Further comments on the more Downfa downfall of the old ll order; Götternoth (develo d5, m56, c45, pments of d3 and d4, w47 with d70)

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d5a

Kriechmotiv Mime's creeping and fawning; Kriechmotiv m48, w62

The tragic but heroic destiny of tragic Volsung the Volsung race d66, m33, c36, w (minor version 40 of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 a nd perhaps d76)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

d20c, c55

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Siegfried's youthful Siegfried's strength strength; Lebenslust (heroic counterpart d53, m45, c65, w58a of d58, reminiscent of d46 and d52)

Siegfried, Act 1, Scene 3

Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

ambivalent Loge d21, m14, c21

d21a

Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (re lated to d18 and m20)

Loge as the ambivalence of primal energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but more dynamic)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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d20c, c55

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Siegfried's youthful Siegfried's strength strength; Lebenslust (heroic counterpart d53, m45, c65, w58a of d58, reminiscent of d46 and d52) Wotan the Wanderer, wise and in touch with the unconscious (note the Wanderer the progressions to d17, m47, c64, w60a the mediant; related to d16 by the falling semitones; compare also d82)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Brooding Purposeful brooding; Sinnen (derived from d8, related to d61a) d9, m19, c56, w25

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

Bliss d38, c39

Bliss, and the longing for bliss (related to d6; the chromatic rise is the complement of d37 and d68)

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d38a, m46

d38b

The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as the d30, m43, c52, w56 opening of d26 and d27)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Kriechmotiv Mime's creeping and fawning; Kriechmotiv m48, w62

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8b, c7

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Forging Forging (related c65 to d53 and d54)

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Nothung as the promised or Nothung longed-for d43, m27x, c40, w63 sword; Schwertwart (derived from d45; also refers to d42a)

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Siegfried's heroic forging as his youthful impetuosity Siegfried as smith (heroic counterpart of d50, d52, m49, c66 distantly related to d58, the bass refers to d73)

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The home of the Nibelhiem Nibelungen; night, m20, c20, w26 greed, resentment (related to d57)

MP3

Magic sleep as regression to the unconscious (note the Magic sleep progressions to d16, m42, c53 the mediant; the falling semitones relate to d68 and hence to d4)

MP3

Siegfried, Act 2, Vorspiel The Giants as Giant's strength brute strength d58, m12, c11, w (related to d18) 15 m50 (Wurmmot

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Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (r elated to d18 and m20)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

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The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

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Alberich's curse as an the Curse expressio d13, m23, c23, w2 n of 9 destiny (an inversion of d8) Alberich's will d15, m22, c24, w30

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Alberich's obsessive will as a force of destiny, the Nibelung's hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (har monic version of the opening notes of d13)

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling Woe or grief semitone relates to d4; opposite d68, m5, c4, w3 of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter

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d68b

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Giant's strength The Giants as d58, m12, c11, w brute strength 15 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmot iv) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

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Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (r elated to d18 and m20)

Erda as the earthErda mother and ancestral d3, m24, c25, w31 wisdom (minor form of d2)

Alberich's curse as an the Curse expressio d13, m23, c23, w2 n of 9 destiny (an inversion of d8)

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Alberich's will d15, m22, c24, w30

Alberich's obsessive will as a force of destiny, the Nibelung's hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (har monic version of the opening notes of d13)

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Valhalla as achievement, and as Valhalla Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

MP3

Wotan the Wanderer, wise and in touch with the unconscious (note the the Wanderer progressions to d17, m47, c64, w60a the mediant; related to d16 by the falling semitones; compare also d82)

MP3

Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d6 d70, m36, c44, w4 8, close to d73, the complement 6 of d79)

MP 3

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his Wotan's spear entanglements and d73, m9, c10, w11 inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

MP3

The Promises keeping m15, w17 of promises

MP3

The Ring as underlying purpose the Ring (chromatic modification of d4 and returning d8, m6, w8 upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

MP3

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d8b, c7

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

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d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

MP3

d68b

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The sword as true manhood (derives Sword as manhood directly from d1; closely connected d45, m27, c29, w51 to d44)

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First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition d2, m1b, c2, w1 of consciousness (developed from d1) Wotan's grief at parting from Wotan's grief Brünnhilde d82, c54, w57 (reminiscent of d66, d76 and d81; related to d17)

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Siegfried's heroic forging as his youthful impetuosity Siegfried as smith (heroic counterpart of d50, d52, m49, c66 distantly related to d58, the bass refers to d73)

MP3

Siegfried's youthful Siegfried's strength strength; Lebenslust (heroic d53, m45, c65, w58a counterpart of d58, reminiscent of d46 and d52)

MP3

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

MP3

Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as d30, m43, c52, w56 the opening of d26 and d27)

MP3

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

MP3

d20a

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d20b

d20c, c55

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

MP3

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The tragic but heroic destiny of the tragic Volsung Volsung race (minor d66, m33, c36, w40 version of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 and perhaps d76)

Fafner d57, m21, c22, w28

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Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (r elated to d18 and m20)

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Nothung as the promised or Nothung longed-for d43, m27x, c40, w63 sword; Schwertwart (derived from d45; also refers to d42a)

MP3

The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the Volsung as destiny third bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, d77, m31, c34, w72b and the semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

MP3

Bliss d38, c39

MP3 Bliss, and the longing for bliss (related to d6; the chromatic rise is the complement of d37 and d68)

d38a, m46

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d38b

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the Twin's love d37, m30, w38

MP3

The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

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Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14

MP3 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

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Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67

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d27a, m51a

The song of the forestbird, as initiator out of immature innocence (very close to d26) MP3

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m51b

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The sword as true manhood (derives Sword as manhood directly from d1; closely connected d45, m27, c29, w51 to d44)

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Siegfried's horn call expressing his Siegfried's horn free spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

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Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

MP3

Alberich's curse as an the Curse expression of destiny d13, m23, c23, w29 (an inversion of d8)

MP3

the Ring d8, m6, w8

MP3

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Alberich's will d15, m22, c24, w30

MP3

MP3

Alberich's obsessive will as a force of destiny, the Nibelung's hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (har monic version of the opening notes of d13)

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the Tarnhelm as unconscious fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber ( note the final bare fifth; related to d16 and to d68)

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Brooding Purposeful brooding; Sinnen (derived from d8, related d9, m19, c56, w25 to d61a)

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Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

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Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

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Rheingold! Rheingold! (reRheingold! harmonises the added sixth d31, m4, c6, w7 of d26; also occurs in the minor where it is very close to d68)

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The gold as true worth (derives directly Gold as worth from d1, connected to d45; also occurs in d44, m3, c5, w5 minor)

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Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67

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The song of the forest-bird, as initiator out of immature innocence (very close to d26)

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m51b

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The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his Wotan's spear entanglements and d73, m9, c10, w11 inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

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The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the Volsung as destiny third bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, d77, m31, c34, w72b and the semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

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Kriechmotiv Mime's creeping and fawning; Kriechmotiv m48, w62

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Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

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d20a

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d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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d20c, c55

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The sword as true manhood (derives Sword as manhood directly from d1; closely connected d45, m27, c29, w51 to d44)

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Alberich's curse as an the Curse expressio d13, m23, c23, w2 n of 9 destiny (an inversion of d8) Siegfried's horn call expressing his Siegfried's horn free spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Giant's strength The Giants as d58, m12, c11, w brute strength 15 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmot iv) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

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Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull of the unconscious; Schlangenwurm (r elated to d18 and m20)

Bliss d38, c39

Bliss, and the longing for bliss d38a, m46 (related to d6; the chromatic rise is the complement of d37 and d68)

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Liebeslust Love's w69 delight; Liebeslust

Loge as the ambivalence of primal ambivalent Loge energy; d21, m14, c21 flattery, trickery (further

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aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but more dynamic)

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Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

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Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as d30, m43, c52, w56 the opening of d26 and d27)

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Erda as the earthErda mother and ancestral d3, m24, c25, w31 wisdom (minor form of d2)

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Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d6 d70, m36, c44, w4 8, close to d73, the complement 6 of d79) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his Wotan's spear entanglements and d73, m9, c10, w11 inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

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First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition d2, m1b, c2, w of 1 consciousnes s (developed from d1)

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The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

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Wotan the Wanderer, wise and in touch with the unconscious (note the Wanderer the progressions to the d17, m47, c64, w60a mediant; related to d16 by the falling semitones; compare also d82)

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

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d68a, c19

d68b

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension d84, m38, w50 of d68, refers to the last two bars of d70)

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the Twin's love d37, m30, w38

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The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

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the Ring d8, m6, w8

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d8a

d8b, c7

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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Valhalla as achievement, and as Valhalla Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as d30, m43, c52, w56 the opening of d26 and d27)

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Love as fulifllment Love as d90, c69, w73 fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, d90a, m10, c12 more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a d90b, m60 modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

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The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the d83, m37, c47 opening notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

Hagen as Siegfried's dark shadow, and the Gibichung Hagen race generally in this negative d61, w80 aspect (dark counterpart a of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61arelat es to d9)

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Siegfried's lo ve Siegfried's tender love for Brünnhilde, and hers d89, m52, c7 for 3, w70 him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63 and d2) m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version m59, c79, w of bars 3 and 4 79

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

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Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67 The song of the forestbird, as initiator out of immature d27a, m51a innocence (very close to d26)

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The sword as true manhood (derives Sword as manhood directly from d1; closely connected d45, m27, c29, w51 to d44)

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The Giants as Giant's strength brute strength d58, m12, c11, w (related to d18) 15 m50 (Wurmmot

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iv) is Fafner as a dragon (refers to d61a)

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Siegfried's horn call expressing his Siegfried's horn free spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

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The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the Volsung as destiny third bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, d77, m31, c34, w72b and the semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

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Siegfried's youthful Siegfried's strength strength; Lebenslust (heroic d53, m45, c65, w58a counterpart of d58, reminiscent of d46 and d52)

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Wotan the Wanderer, wise and in touch with the unconscious (note the the Wanderer progressions to d17, m47, c64, w60a the mediant; related to d16 by the falling semitones; compare also d82)

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Valhalla as achievement, and as Valhalla Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d6 d70, m36, c44, w4 8, close to d73, the complement 6 of d79)

The love of Siegmund the Twin's love and Sieglinde d37, m30, w38 (derived from d69)

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

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d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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d68b

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The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his Wotan's spear entanglements and d73, m9, c10, w11 inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

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Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

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Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to Loge as fire the extreme chomaticism d20, m13, c15, w20 of d16 combined with restless energy)

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The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46) Loge as the ambivalence ambivalent Loge of primal d21, m14, c21 energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related d21a to d15 but more dynamic) Magic sleep as regression to the unconscious (note the Magic sleep progressions to d16, m42, c53 the mediant; the falling semitones relate to d68 and hence to d4)

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Rheingold! Rheingold! (re-harmonises the Rheingold! added sixth of d26; also d31, m4, c6, w7 occurs in the minor where it is very close to d68)

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Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as d30, m43, c52, w56 the opening of d26 and d27)

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Erda as the earthErda mother and ancestral d3, m24, c25, w31 wisdom (minor form of d2)

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The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

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Brünnhilde sinking into the innocent sleep from Innocent sleep which she will awake into womanhood (same as the d30, m43, c52, w56 opening of d26 and d27)

Bliss d38, c39

Bliss, and the longing for bliss (related to d6; the chromatic rise is the complement of d37 and d68)

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d38b

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Rheingold! Rheingold! (reharmonises the added sixth Rheingold! of d26; also occurs in the d31, m4, c6, w7 minor where it is very close to d68)

Forest Bird The song d27, m51c, c68, w67 of the forestbird, as initiator out of immature d27a, m51a innocence (very close to d26) m51b

Love as Love as fulifllment fulfilment; Liebesgruß d90, c69, w73 (connected

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d90b, m60

d90c, m41, w55b

with d87, d88 and d89, more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and Brünnhilde

Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46) Wotan's grief at parting from Wotan's grief Brünnhilde (reminiscent d82, c54, w57 of d66, d76 and d81; related to d17) Sieglinde as heroine schooled in Sieglinde misfortune (at bar 2; d36, m29, c32, w37 fits well with d35; resembles d8 inverted, or d1 followed by d4)

Woe or grief, whether accepted or Woe or grief not; Frohnmotif (the falling d68, m5, c4, w3 semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter

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The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88) Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

the Twin's love d37, m30, w38

The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

Devotion, especially Siegfried's Devotion to Brünnhilde, as part of the d80 binding power of destiny (variant of d79)

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Sunlight, standing for returning Sunlight consciousness; Weltbegrüßung (the d25, same mediant progession w72 as d24 but from Emin to Cmaj, a bright tonality)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Truly innocent Innocent delight delight; Liebesentzückung (related d34, m54, c74, w74 to d33 and d26)

Siegfried's love d89, m52, c73, w7 Siegfried's tender love for Brünnhilde, 0 and hers For him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63 and d2)m59 (Heldenlie be) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4 m59, c79, w79

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening d83, m37, c47 notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79)

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Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

Alberich's curse the Curse as an expression d13, m23, c23, w29 of destiny (an inversion of d8)

Brünnhilde's love Brünnhilde's holy love; Friedensmelodie (triumphant d87, c70, w75 counterpart of d40, reminiscent of d6; appear in Siegfried Idyll) Wolzogen calls d87a the Weltenhortmotiv d87a, c71

Fafner as inertia, as the backward Fafner pull of the d57, m21, c22, w2 unconscious; Schlangenwurm (relat 8 ed to d18 and m20)

Walküren d22, m35, c42, w45a

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The Valkyries as primal energy in action; Walkürenruf (related to d20c and to the inversion of d20b)

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d55, c72, w77

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Hagen's dawn The dawn of Hagen's day d49 (directly related to d1 and d2)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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Gutrune as foredoomed Gutrune heroine (reminiscent d40, m65, c84, w80d of d37 and d37arespectively)

Promises d42, m64 Honorable intentions, the appearance of good faith; the seeming to keep promises, the longing for normality (related to d40, d41 and d61) d42a

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

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Gunther's illusory heroism (related Gunter as hero to d63 and d66; d67, m62, c80, w68 reminiscent of d18because of the bare fifths)

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Hagen Hagen as Siegfried's dark d61, w80 shadow, and the Gibichung race a generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relat es to d9) d61a, m6 1 The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Blood-brotherhood m66, c82

The false honour of the blood-brotherhood oath

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

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Darkness, standing for Darkness unconsciousness (note the mediant d24, m53 progession from Ebmin to Cbmaj, a dark tonality; always followed by d2)

Erda Erda as the earth-mother and ancestral d3, m24, c25, w31 wisdom (minor form of d2)

First stirring under the Rhine as Rhine a premonition of consciousness d2, m1b, c2, w1 (developed from d1)

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

the Norn's rope The Norn's rope of destiny (derived d10, m55 from d2ainfluenced by d8)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

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Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening notes; d83, m37, c47 close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but Wotan's spear also his entanglements and d73, m9, c10, w11 inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) more Downfall d5, m56, c45, w4 7 Further comments on the downfall of the old order; Götternoth (developmen ts of d3 and d4, with d70) d5a

Valhalla as achievement, and as Wotan's Valhalla genuinely creative thoughts (a stable d63, m8, c9, w10 diatonic version of d8)

Magic sleep as regression to the Magic sleep unconscious (note the progressions to d16, m42, c53 the mediant; the falling semitones relate to d68 and hence to d4)

The Ring as underlying purpose the Ring (chromatic modification of d4 and returning d8, m6, w8 upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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The downfall of the gods, back to Mother Downfall Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion d4, m25, c26, w32 of d3)

Rheingold! Rheingold! (re-harmonises Rheingold! the added sixth of d26; also occurs in d31, m4, c6, w7 the minor where it is very close to d68)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

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Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Alberich's curse as an the Curse expression of destiny d13, m23, c23, w29 (an inversion of d8)

Fafner as inertia, as the backward Fafner pull of the d57, m21, c22, w2 unconscious; Schlangenwurm (relate 8 d to d18 and m20)

Siegfried's heroic deeds as the Siegfried's deeds ever-reborn spirit of youth (a d65, m57, c77, w64 stronger version of d48)

Siegfried's love d89, m52, c73, w Siegfried's tender love for Brünnhilde, and hers for 70 him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63 and d2) m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4 m59, c79, w79

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The Ride of the d47, m34, c49, w45b Valkyries, a variant of d46) Brünnhilde as loving woman (a transformation Brünnhilde as woman of d77; related to d76, shares C-G-Bb with bar 3 d88, m58, c78, w78 of d86, the falling minor seventh on the beat is the bright counterpart of bar 2 of d61)

The love of Siegmund and the Twin's love Sieglinde (derived d37, m30, w38 from d69)

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Love as fulifllment d90, c69, w73

d90a, m10, c12

d90b, m60

Love as fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and Brünnhilde

d90c, m41, w55b

Siegfried's infectious impetuosity Siegfried's boldness in love; Liebesentschluß (brighter d55, c72, w77 development of d53)

Hagen Hagen as Siegfried's dark shadow, and d61, w80a the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

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Gunther's illusory heroism (related Gunter as hero to d63 and d66; d67, m62, c80, w68 reminiscent of d18because of the bare fifths) The Valkyries as the masculine element Walküren as animus in women; Walkürenritt (The Ride of d47, m34, c49, w45b the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

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Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67

d27a, m51a

The song of the forest-bird, as initiator out of immature innocence (very close to d26)

m51b

Hagen as Siegfried's dark shadow, Hagen and the Gibichung race generally d61, w80a in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

The tragic but heroic destiny of the tragic Volsung Volsung race (minor d66, m33, c36, w40 version of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 and perhaps d76)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65) The Giants as Giant's strength d58, m12, c11, w15 brute strength (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmotiv) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

Renunciation, often amounting to Renunciation acceptance of d76, m7, c8, w9 destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68,

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d76b

The gold as true worth (derives directly Gold as worth from d1, connected to d45; also occurs in d44, m3, c5, w5 minor)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

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the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

Götterdämmerung, Act 1, Scene 2 Alberich's curse as an the Curse expressio d13, m23, c23, w2 n of 9 destiny (an inversion of d8)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46) Brünnhilde as loving woman (a transformation of d77; related to d76, Brünnhilde as woman shares C-G-Bb with bar 3 of d86, the falling d88, m58, c78, w78 minor seventh on the beat is the bright counterpart of bar 2 of d61)

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner Siegfried's tender love for Siegfried's love Brünnhilde, and hers for d89, m52, c73, w70 him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63and d2) m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, m59, c79, w79 happier, version of bars 3 and 4 Promises d42, m64 Honorable intentions, the appearance of good faith; the seeming to keep promises, the longing for normality (related to d40, d41 and d61) d42a

The tragic but heroic destiny of the tragic Volsung Volsung race (minor d66, m33, c36, w40 version of d44 linked with d3, d42, d78 and perhaps d76)

Truly innocent Innocent delight delight; Liebesentzückung (related d34, m54, c74, w74 to d33 and d26)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

The home of the Nibelhiem Nibelungen; night, greed, m20, c20, w26 resentment (related to d57)

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Rheingold! Rheingold! (reharmonises the added sixth Rheingold! of d26; also occurs in the d31, m4, c6, w7 minor where it is very close to d68)

Fafner as inertia, as the Fafner backward pull of the d57, m21, c22, w28 unconscious; Schlangenwurm (related to d18 and m20)

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Gutrune as foredoomed Gutrune heroine d40, m65, c84, w80d (reminiscent of d37 and d37a respectively)

Love as Love as fulifllment fulfilment; Liebesgruß d90, c69, w73 (connected

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner with d87, d88 and d89, more distantly d90a, m10, c12 with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, and d90c is a d90b, m60 modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

ambivalent Loge d21, m14, c21 Loge as the ambivalence of primal energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but more dynamic) d21a

Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67

d27a, m51a

The song of the forest-bird, as initiator out of immature innocence (very close to d26)

m51b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to Loge as fire the extreme chomaticism d20, m13, c15, w20 of d16 combined with restless energy)

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d20a

d20b

d20c, c55

Blood-brotherhood m66, c82

The false honour of the blood-brotherhood oath

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

Attonement as a force of Atonement destiny; Sühnerrecht (related d11, m67, c83, w82 to d8)

Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a)

Freia's golden apples as Freia as joy joy, and immortality d7, m16, c16, w18 (major form of d4 and of d76)

Renunciation, often amounting to Renunciation acceptance of d76, m7, c8, w9 destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68,

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d76b

The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7) Alberich's obsessive will as a Alberich's will force of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (har 30 monic version of the opening notes of d13)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

The gold as true worth (derives directly Gold as worth from d1, connected to d45; also occurs in d44, m3, c5, w5 minor)

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Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

The Valkyries as the masculine Walküren as animus element in women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

Walküren d22, m35, c42, w45a

d22a

The Valkyries as primal energy in action; Walkürenruf (related to d20c and to the inversion of d20b)

d22b

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening d83, m37, c47 notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

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Love as fulifllment Love as d90, c69, w73 fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, d90a, m10, c12 more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, d90b, m60 and d90c is a modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

d20c, c55

Wotan's will Wotan frustrated frustrated; Unmuth (incorporates d68, d70, m36, c44, w46 close to d73, the complement of d79)

Restless plotting Restless plotting or distress; Rachebund (connected d75, m68, w87 with d70 and d68, and thence to d4)

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Erda as the earth-mother Erda and ancestral wisdom d3, m24, c25, w31 (minor form of d2)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

more Downfall d5, m56, c45, w 47 Further comments on the downfall of the old order; Götternoth (developm ents of d3 and d4, with d70) d5a

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Freia's golden apples as Freia as joy joy, and immortality d7, m16, c16, w18 (major form of d4 and of d76)

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite Woe or grief of d38) d68, m5, c4, w3 See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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d68a, c19

d68b

Rheingold! Rheingold! (reharmonises the added sixth Rheingold! of d26; also occurs in the d31, m4, c6, w7 minor where it is very close to d68)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

d76a

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

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d76b

Alberich's curse as an the Curse expression of destiny d13, m23, c23, w29 (an inversion of d8)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil) Siegfried's tender love for Brünnhilde, Siegfried's love d89, m52, c73, w70 and hers for him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63and d2) m59, c79, w79 m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4 Brünnhilde as loving woman (a transformation of d77; related Brünnhilde as woman to d76, shares C-G-Bb with bar 3 d88, m58, c78, w78 of d86, the falling minor seventh on the beat is the bright counterpart of bar 2 of d61)

ambivalent Loge d21, m14, c21 Loge as the ambivalence of primal energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but more dynamic) d21a

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Hagen Hagen as Siegfried's dark d61, w80 shadow, and the Gibichung race a generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relat es to d9) d61a, m6 1

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

Gunther's illusory heroism Gunter as hero (related to d63 and d66; d67, m62, c80, w68 reminiscent of d18because of the bare fifths)

Alberich's obsessive will as a force Alberich's will of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w3 hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (harmo 0 nic version of the opening notes of d13) Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Blood-brotherhood m66, c82

The false honour of the blood-brotherhood oath

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Promises d42, m64 Honorable intentions, the appearance of good faith; the seeming to keep promises, the longing for normality (related to d40, d41 and d61) d42a

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8b, c7

Götterdämmerung, Act 2, Scene 1 Alberich's obsessive will as a Alberich's will force of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (har 30 monic version of the opening notes of d13)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

d76a

d76b

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

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Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44) Alberich/Hagen, the dark Alberich and counterpart of Hagen Wotan/Siegfried; m69, c88, w83 murder; Mordwerk (reminiscent of d37 and d69) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Giant's The Giants as strength d58, m12, c11, brute strength (related to d18) w15 m50 (Wurmmotiv) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

The tragic but heroic destiny of the tragic Volsung Volsung race (minor d66, m33, c36, version of d44 linked w40 with d3, d42, d78 and perhaps d76)

The song of the Rhinemaidens Rhinemaidensd26, m2, c3 as tempters back to immature , innocence; Rheintöchter (deriv w2 es from d1, the added sixth as

in d24 hinting at the

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner Rhinemaidens as delight in nature. Very close to d27)

Valhalla as achievement, and as Valhalla Wotan's genuinely creative d63, m8, c9, thoughts (a stable diatonic w10 version of d8)

the Curse Alberich's curse as an d13, m23, c23, expression of destiny (an w29 inversion of d8)

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (note d18, m18, c18, the final bare fifth; related w23 to d16 and to d68)

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Hagen's dawn The dawn of Hagen's day d49 (directly related to d1 and d2)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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d20c, c55

Gutrune as foredoomed Gutrune heroine (reminiscent d40, m65, c84, w80 of d37 and d37arespectivel d y)

Promises Honorable intentions, the d42, m64 appearance of good faith; the seeming to keep promises, the longing for normality (related d42a to d40, d41 and d61)

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

Gunther's illusory heroism (related Gunter as hero to d63 and d66; d67, m62, c80, w68 reminiscent of d18because of the bare fifths)

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

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Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Blood-brotherhood m66, c82

The false honour of the blood-brotherhood oath

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

d68b

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7)

Gunther's illusory heroism Gunter as hero (related to d63 and d66; d67, m62, c80, w68 reminiscent of d18because of the bare fifths)

The downfall of the gods, back to Mother Downfall Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion d4, m25, c26, w32 of d3)

The Vassals as the strong Hagen's vassals world of men (inversion d54, m70, c86 of d53)

Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

Götterdämmerung, Act 2, Scene 4 The Valkyries as the masculine Walküren as animus element in d47, m34, c49, w45b women; Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46) Restless plotting Restless plotting or distress; Rachebund (connected d75, m68, w87 with d70 and d68, and thence to d4)

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Blood-brotherhood m66, c82

The false honour of the blood-brotherhood oath

the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

Gutrune as foredoomed Gutrune heroine (reminiscent d40, m65, c84, w80d of d37 and d37arespectively)

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Brünnhilde as loving woman (a transformation of d77; related Brünnhilde as woman to d76, shares C-G-Bb with bar 3 d88, m58, c78, w78 of d86, the falling minor seventh on the beat is the bright counterpart of bar 2 of d61)

The Ring as underlying purpose the Ring (chromatic modification of d4 and returning d8, m6, w8 upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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d8a

d8b, c7

Alberich's curse the Curse as an expression d13, m23, c23, w29 of destiny (an inversion of d8) Alberich's obsessive will as a force Alberich's will of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w3 hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (harmo 0 nic version of the opening notes of d13)

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

Gold as worth The gold as true worth (derives directly from d1, d44, m3, c5, w5 connected to d45; also occurs in minor)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3 Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!" d68a, c19

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Fafner as inertia, as the backward Fafner pull of the d57, m21, c22, w2 unconscious; Schlangenwurm (relat 8 ed to d18 and m20)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

The Vassals as the strong Hagen's vassals world of men (inversion d54, m70, c86 of d53)

The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a)

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his Wotan's spear entanglements and d73, m9, c10, w11 inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c) Siegfried's tender love for Siegfried's love d89, m52, c73, w7 Brünnhilde, and hers for 0 him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d3 4, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63and d2) m59, c79, w79 m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

d20c, c55

Attonement as a force of Atonement destiny; Sühnerrecht (related d11, m67, c83, w82 to d8)

The genuine though contradictory Oaths oaths of Siegfried and m71, c87, w86 Brünnhilde; Schwurmotiv (refers to d42a)

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the Twin's love d37, m30, w38 The love of Siegmund and Sieglinde (derived from d69)

d37a, c33

The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7)

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

d76a

d76b

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

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Restless plotting Restless plotting or distress; Rachebund (connected d75, m68, w87 with d70 and d68, and thence to d4) Alberich/Hagen, the dark Alberich and Hage counterpart of n Wotan/Siegfried; m69, c88, w83 murder; Mordwerk (reminiscen t of d37 and d69)

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Siegfried's love Siegfried's tender love for d89, m52, c73, w7 Brünnhilde, and hers for 0 him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63and d2 ) m59, c79, w79 m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4 Blood-brotherhood m66, c82

The false honour of the blood-brotherhood oath

The genuine though contradictory Oaths oaths of Siegfried and m71, c87, w86 Brünnhilde; Schwurmotiv (refers to d42a)

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

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Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Alberich's obsessive will as a force Alberich's will of destiny, the Nibelung's d15, m22, c24, w3 hatred; Vernichtungsarbeit (harmo 0 nic version of the opening notes of d13) Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Attonement as a force of Atonement destiny; Sühnerrecht (related d11, m67, c83, w82 to d8)

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

d76a

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

d76b

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone Woe or grief relates to d4; opposite of d38) d68, m5, c4, w3 See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

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d68a, c19

d68b

Brünnhilde as loving woman (a transformation of d77; related to d76, Brünnhilde as woman shares C-G-Bb with bar 3 of d86, the d88, m58, c78, w78 falling minor seventh on the beat is the bright counterpart of bar 2 of d61)

Hagen Hagen as Siegfried's dark d61, w80 shadow, and the Gibichung race a generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relat es to d9) d61a, m6 1

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

d8b, c7

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

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The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

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Götterdämmerung, Act 3, Vorspiel Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7)

First stirring under the Rhine Rhine as a premonition d2, m1b, c2, w1 of consciousness (developed from d1)

The song of the Rhinemaidens as tempters back to immature innocence; Rheintöchter (derives Rhinemaidens from d1, the added sixth as d26, m2, c3, w2 in d24 hinting at the Rhinemaidens as delight in nature. Very close to d27) Gold as worth The gold as true worth (derives directly from d1, d44, m3, c5, w5 connected to d45; also occurs in minor)

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Götterdämmerung, Act 3, Scene 1 The Rhinemaidens more Rhinemaidens in d32, m72, c89b, w89 Götterdämmerung (extension of d31) Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Renunciation d76, m7, c8, w9

d76a

Renunciation, often amounting to acceptance of destiny; Entsagungsmotiv (related to d68, the rising minor-sixth and subsequent fall to the tonic are distinctive; close to d78)

d76b

Fafner as inertia, as the backward pull Fafner of the d57, m21, unconscious; Schlangenwurm (related c22, w28 to d18 and m20)

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Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

The gold as true worth (derives directly Gold as worth from d1, connected to d45; also occurs in d44, m3, c5, w5 minor)

Alberich's curse as the Curse an expression of d13, m23, c23, w29 destiny (an inversion of d8)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition of d2, m1b, c2, w1 consciousness (developed from d1)

The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

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Siegmund d35, m28, c31 Siegmund as hero schooled in misfortune (related melodically to d70, d73 and d74) d35a

The Norn's rope of the Norn's rope destiny (derived d10, m55 from d2ainfluenced by d8)

The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Giant's strength The Giants as d58, m12, c11, w1 brute strength 5 (related to d18) m50 (Wurmmotiv ) is Fafner as a dragon (refers m50 to d61a)

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Valhalla as achievement, and as Valhalla Wotan's genuinely creative thoughts d63, m8, c9, w10 (a stable diatonic version of d8)

The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7)

Götterdämmerung, Act 3, Scene 2

Woe or grief d68, m5, c4, w3

d68a, c19

Woe or grief, whether accepted or not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoi-ho!"

d68b

Hagen as Siegfried's dark shadow, Hagen d61, w80a and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

The Rhinemaidens more Rhinemaidens in d32, m72, c89b, w89 Götterdämmerung (extension of d31)

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Restless plotting Restless plotting or distress; Rachebund (connected d75, m68, w87 with d70 and d68, and thence to d4)

Forest Bird d27, m51c, c68, w67

d27a, m51a

The song of the forest-bird, as initiator out of immature innocence (very close to d26)

m51b

The Gibichung brother and sister as foredoomed the Gibichung pair; Hagen uses it as the first half of his weddingd41, m65, c85, w85 call; Hochzeitruf (variant of d40; also refers to d7)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

d20c, c55

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

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the Tarnhelm as unconscious Tarnhelm fantasy; Tarnhelmzauber (not d18, m18, c18, w2 e the final bare fifth; related 3 to d16 and to d68)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil) Fafner as inertia, as the backward Fafner pull of the d57, m21, c22, w2 unconscious; Schlangenwurm (relat 8 ed to d18 and m20) Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

Brooding Purposeful brooding; Sinnen (derived from d8, related to d61a) d9, m19, c56, w25 The Volsung race as instruments of destiny (related to the end of d70 and of d35, the third Volsung as destiny bar of d66, the minor-sixth leap of d76, and the d77, m31, c34, w72b semitone fall of d68 here cancelled by the third note; foreshadows d88)

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

Siegfried's love Siegfried's tender love for d89, m52, c73, w7 Brünnhilde, 0 and hers for him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34 , d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63and d2) m59, c79, w79 m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4 Brünnhilde as loving woman (a transformation of d77; related Brünnhilde as woman to d76, shares C-G-Bb with bar 3 d88, m58, c78, w78 of d86, the falling minor seventh on the beat is the bright counterpart of bar 2 of d61)

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ambivalent Loge d21, m14, c21 Loge as the ambivalence of primal energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but more dynamic) d21a

Agitation d69, m11, c14, w14 Agitation, including both passion and compassion; Flucht (extension of d66, uses the same notes as d37)

d69a

Magic sleep as regression to the unconscious (note Magic sleep the progressions to the d16, m42, c53 mediant; the falling semitones relate to d68 and hence to d4)

Alberich's curse the Curse as an expression d13, m23, c23, w29 of destiny (an inversion of d8)

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

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Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Darkness, standing for unconsciousness (note Darkness the mediant progession d24, m53 from Ebmin to Cbmaj, a dark tonality; always followed by d2)

Love as fulifllment Love as d90, c69, w73 fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, d90a, m10, c12 more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, d90b, m60 and d90c is a modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

Truly innocent Innocent delight delight; Liebesentzückung (related d34, m54, c74, w74 to d33 and d26)

Sieglinde as heroine schooled in Sieglinde misfortune (at bar 2; d36, m29, c32, w3 fits well with d35; 7 resembles d8 inverte d, or d1 followed by d4)

The love of Siegmund and the Twin's love Sieglinde (derived d37, m30, w38 from d69)

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d37a, c33

The darkness of death itself Death (Siegfried's funeral march, related d62, c90 to d58 and d60)

Siegfried's heroic deeds as Siegfried's deeds the ever-reborn spirit of d65, m57, c77, w64 youth (a stronger version of d48)

Götterdämmerung, Act 3, Scene 3

Gutrune as foredoomed Gutrune heroine (reminiscent d40, m65, c84, w80d of d37 and d37arespectively)

Siegfried's horn call expressing his free Siegfried's horn spirit; Waldknabenruf (derived d48, m44, c58, w54a from d46 and d63; the source of d65)

Woe or grief, whether Woe or grief accepted or d68, m5, c4, w3 not; Frohnmotif (the falling semitone relates to d4; opposite of d38) See also Göt 3/1 Rheintöchter "Siegfried! Siegfried!" and Göt 2/3 Hagen "Hoi-ho! Hoid68a, c19 ho!"

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d68b

The Valkyries as the masculine element in Walküren as animus women; Walkürenritt (The d47, m34, c49, w45b Ride of the Valkyries, a variant of d46)

Rheingold! Rheingold! (reharmonises the added sixth Rheingold! of d26; also occurs in the d31, m4, c6, w7 minor where it is very close to d68)

Destiny as the power to which all must in the end powerful Destiny surrender (the last two bars of d83; an extension of d68, d84, m38, w50 refers to the last two bars of d70)

Restless plotting Restless plotting or distress; Rachebund (connected d75, m68, w87 with d70 and d68, and thence to d4)

Attonement as a force of Atonement destiny; Sühnerrecht (related d11, m67, c83, w82 to d8)

The downfall of the gods, back to Downfall Mother d4, m25, c26, w32 Nature; Götterdämmerung (inversion of d3)

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Hagen as Siegfried's dark Hagen d61, w80a shadow, and the Gibichung race generally in this negative aspect (dark counterpart of d42, in the same family as d40, d41 and d42; d61a relates to d9) d61a, m61

Alberich/Hagen, the dark counterpart of Alberich and Hagen Wotan/Siegfried; m69, c88, w83 murder; Mordwerk (reminiscent of d37 and d69)

The genuine though contradictory Oaths oaths of Siegfried and m71, c87, w86 Brünnhilde; Schwurmotiv (refers to d42a)

the Ring d8, m6, w8

d8a

The Ring as underlying purpose (chromatic modification of d4 and returning upwards; related to d7, and the basis of d13 and d63)

d8b, c7

Alberich's curse the Curse as an expression d13, m23, c23, w29 of destiny (an inversion of d8)

Mime as smith, and forging Mime as smith generally; Schmiedemotiv (directly d50, m17, c17, w22 represents the tapping of hammer on anvil)

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Sword as manhood The sword as true manhood (derives d45, m27, c29, w51 directly from d1; closely connected to d44)

First stirring under the Rhine as a Rhine premonition of d2, m1b, c2, w1 consciousness (developed from d1)

Relinquishment (reminiscent Relinquishment of d76 inverting the opening d83, m37, c47 notes; close to d82; the last two bars are d84)

Siegfried's love Siegfried's tender love for d89, m52, c73, w Brünnhilde, and hers for 70 him; Welterbschaft (evokes d32, d34, d65, d80, d87, d87a, d63an d d2) m59, c79, w79 m59 (Heldenliebe) is a wider, happier, version of bars 3 and 4

the magic potion as unconscious Magic potion repression; Zaubertrug (a further d19, m63, w81 concentration of d18)

more Downfall d5, m56, c45, w 47 Further comments on the downfall of the old order; Götternoth (developm ents of d3 and d4, with d70) d5a

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ambivalent Loge d21, m14, c21 Loge as the ambivalence of primal energy; flattery, trickery (further aspects of d20, and also related to d15 but more dynamic) d21a

Siegfried's heroism as Siegfried's heroism acceptance of his destiny d78, m39, c48, w53 (related to d13 and d76)

Love as fulifllment Love as d90, c69, w73 fulfilment; Liebesgruß (connected with d87, d88 and d89, d90a, m10, c12 more distantly with d69 and d86; the end of d90a recalls d38, d90b, m60 and d90c is a modification of d73) d90a (Liebesfesselung) is shared by Fricka and d90c, m41, w55b Brünnhilde

Nothung as the promised or longed-for Nothung sword; Schwertwart (derived d43, m27x, c40, w63 from d45; also refers to d42a)

Valhalla as achievement, Valhalla and as Wotan's genuinely d63, m8, c9, w10 creative thoughts (a stable diatonic version of d8)

www.pjb.com.au/mus/wagner The Rhinemaidens' deceptive Rhinemaidens' delight delight (from d31 and, d33, m73, c89a, w88 inverted, Loge the trickster d21a) The gold as true worth (derives directly Gold as worth from d1, connected to d45; also occurs in d44, m3, c5, w5 minor) The spear as Wotan's wilful authority, but also his entanglements and Wotan's spear inhibitions; Vertragsmotiv (related d73, m9, c10, w11 to d70, d79, d59 and m56; lies within d90c)

Loge as fire d20, m13, c15, w20

d20a

d20b

Loge the god of fire as primal energy; Waberlohe (related to the extreme chomaticism of d16 combined with restless energy)

d20c, c55

Transformation d91 Transformation (related to d88) Wolzogen calls d91a Liebeserlösung d91a, m40, c50