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Tables of Contents for Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
7
2
Stewart Spencer
Chronology
9
2
`Or Strike at Me Now as I Strangle the Knee': a note on the text and translation
11
3
Stewart Spencer
Wagner's revolutionary musical reforms
14
11
Barry Millington
Thematic Guide
17
8
`What shall we do for a Ring?'
25
4
Barry Millington
In pursuit of the purely human: the `Ring' and its medieval sources
29
12
Elizabeth Magee
Illustrations
33
8
Epiphany and apocalypse in the `Ring'
41
7
Roger Hollinrake
`The World belongs to Alberich!' Wagner's changing attitude towards the `Ring'
48
5
Warren Darcy
The Ring of the Nibelung
53
299
Stewart Spencer
Das Rheingold
54
65
Die Walkure
119
73
Siegfried
192
85
Gotterdammerung
277
75
Appendix: rejected versions
352
12
Notes on the translation
364
9
Glossary of names
373
3
Bibliography
376
6
The `Ring' on compact disc and video
382
1
Sources of illustrations
383
1
The contributors
384