Das Rheingold in Full Score Greatly influenced by Europe's nineteenth-century

Greatly influenced by Europe's nineteenth-century literary trends

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This new edition reprints the original publication's Introduction by Royal Cortissoz

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Das Rheingold in Full Score Greatly influenced by Europe's nineteenth-centuryDas Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's celebrated four part Ring Cycle, blends the powerful imagery of Norse and Teutonic mythology with glorious, robustly inventive music to produce a dramatic allegory of greed and lust for power. Despite its popularity, however, Das Rheingold has long been difficult to find in complete score until now. This handsome volume reproduces the full orchestral and vocal score in a clear engraving with large, legible