Introduction to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen / Siegfried Idyll / Kinderkatechismus

Tracklist

1. Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
2. Kinder-Katechismus, WWV 106
3. Of All Great Musical Compositions... (Examples 1-4)
4. The Fundamental Symbol... (Examples 5-11)
5. Returning Now to the Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
6. A Number of Further Motives... (Examples 5, 17-21)
7. A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
8. So Much for Nature. (Examples 26-38)
9. The Cause of the Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
10. The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
11. Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
12. Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
13. The Basic Motive Associated With the Spear... (Examples 62-68)
14. Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
15. In Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 69, 73-75)
16. Returning Now to Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 76-79)
17. Love Is Another of the Central Symbols... (Examples 80-83)
18. Later in the Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
19. Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
20. The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
21. When Fasolt, in Scene Two of "Rhinegold"... (Examples 93-98)
22. A Little Later in This Interlude... (Examples 99-103)
23. The Other New Motive... (Examples 104-109)
24. There Are Several Independent Love-Motives... (Examples 110-114)
25. The Characters in Whose Lives... (Examples 115-120)
26. One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
27. The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
28. Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
29. Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
30. Here We Come to the End... (Examples 141-146)