| 单词 | Nibelung |
| 例句 | I didn’t see how you would even tell a CliffsNotes version in anything under dozens of hours — it would become “The Ring of the Nibelung” or “War and Peace.” Don’t Talk Too Much: Tony Kushner on an Operatic ‘Angels in America’ 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z It can be difficult to tell the good guys from the bad in “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” Wagner’s four-opera saga of greed and mistakes. The Breakout Star of the Met Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Levine cancelled the last remaining dates on his schedule — two cycles of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in April and May — and withdrew from all productions he had planned to lead next season. ArtsBeat Blog: James Levine Withdraws Indefinitely From Conducting at the Met 2011-12-09T20:35:56Z Richard Wagner’s gigantic “Der Ring des Nibelungen” cycle is no longer a rare creature. A Wagner 'Ring' sampler: Short, but still so much to savor 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Words, concepts and images that pervade his work have become commonplace signifiers in contemporary discourse: Valhalla, Liebestod, Valkyrie, Gesamtkunstwerk, Flying Dutchman, Nibelung, Brünnhilde, Götterdämmerung, Siegfried, Leitmotiv, endless melody, to name just a few. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Days later she would make her house debut, as Brünnhilde in “Ring des Nibelungen,” conducted by Christian Thielemann. Music: Katarina Dalayman in ?G?tterd?mmerung? at the Met 2012-01-22T02:23:06Z As the war turned against Germany, Kruger’s Hitler Youth unit was drafted into the newly formed SS division “Nibelungen.” German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The “Ring of the Nibelung”, known as the “Ring” cycle, lasts about 15 hours and is performed over four evenings. Getting into Valhalla 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Wagner was in the midst of composing his four-opera epic, "The Ring of the Nibelung," when he fled Dresden to avoid arrest for his participation in an unsuccessful revolution. 'Tristan und Isolde' backstory rivals any soap opera 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z The four-part "Ring of the Nibelung" is part of a campaign by the Met to tap contemporary filmmakers and theater directors to stage new operas or overhaul classics to become more relevant to modern tastes. New York opera houses woo new fans with edgier fare 2010-10-03T13:17:00Z When I first encountered, opera by opera, Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen,” I kept waiting, following the gods’ entry into Valhalla, for a scene to actually take place there. Music Review: On Paris Stages, Intriguing Vivaldi and Novel Wagner 2011-03-15T12:30:07Z Audiences side with Wotan, yet it’s the Nibelungs who are enshrined in the title. Perspective | The Met’s ‘Ring’ succeeds in spite of — and in no way supported by — a $16 million set 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z He also wrote and narrated two sets of CDs for the Metropolitan Opera Guild: “Talking About ‘The Ring,’” about Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelung,” and “Talking About ‘La Traviata.’” Peter Allen, a Voice on the Radio for the Met Opera, Dies at 96 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z It's part of the Met's first new version in more than two decades of the German composer's four-part epic, "Der Ring des Nibelungen." Met Opera breaks box office record, topping $2.6M 2010-08-16T23:56:00Z Spano has done all this while gaining acclaim for guest conducting all over the world, including two stints leading the Seattle Opera's "Der Ring des Nibelungen," where he was loudly lauded by audiences. Atlanta's Robert Spano, familiar to 'Ring' fans, conducts Seattle Symphony 2010-04-21T22:58:00Z The setting is supposed to show the forest dwelling where Mime, the Nibelung dwarf, has raised the orphaned Siegfried into brawny young manhood. At Bayreuth, Boos and Dropped Jaws 2013-08-01T10:42:00Z That is long enough, she said, “to fly around the world” or “to sing two ‘Ring’ cycles,” referring to Wagner’s epic four-opera “Ring des Nibelungen,” in which she has been appearing at the Metropolitan Opera. Music Review: Diva?s Struggles and Songs, Shared With Candor 2011-07-31T21:55:47Z It took the Grahams years to realize a dream of a full performance of “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” something that even the far grander, far larger Glyndebourne Festival hasn’t achieved. Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Brings Thunder to the Longborough Festival 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Wagner knew nothing of the search for dark matter and eerie bosons when he wrote Der Ring des Nibelungen. Das Rheingold/Die Walküre – review 2012-09-29T23:07:03Z For opera lovers, familiarity with Norse mythology eases a gateway into Richard Wagner’s four-piece cycle “Ring of the Nibelung.” In Hawaii, local legends enrich, inform the visitor experience 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The character is based on the dwarf of the same name in the German medieval epic poem The Song of the Nibelungs, overlaid with elements from the Norse sagas. A-Z of Wagner: A is for Alberich 2013-01-16T17:13:07Z Pursuing the Wagnerian parallel, when we get to the Nut Room we are confronted by puppet-squirrels beavering away like so many furry Nibelungen. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – review 2013-06-25T22:00:01Z Wotan is trying to create one story — the perfect hero, the predestined lover, the redemption of the world — and the Nibelungs are trying to create another. Perspective | The Met’s ‘Ring’ succeeds in spite of — and in no way supported by — a $16 million set 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z His subjects range from Wagner’s conception of the Valkyries in “The Ring of the Nibelungs” to the artistic legacy of Jack the Ripper to a mini-history of anarchist bomb-throwing. ‘Truth thrives in the margins’ and other insights from a master essayist 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Alberich, Wagner’s Nibelungen dwarf, is here a sour old guy asleep in a lounger who emerges from under a pile of dirty bath towels. Music Review: Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Opens at Bayreuth With Reality-Cam Touch 2013-07-28T21:38:06Z Photograph: Ken Howard/AP Later, the planks twist and turn into a bridge that leads down into the underworld lair of the Nibelung, or reforms itself into two massive hands upon which the giants stand. Das Rheingold 2010-09-28T09:16:00Z “The Ring of the Nibelung” continues at WNO through May 22. The ‘Ring’ gets off to a good start 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The Met's season began on Monday with "Das Rheingold," the first installment of its $15 million, high-tech new production of Richard Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung," directed by Quebec theater director Robert Lepage. New York opera houses woo new fans with edgier fare 2010-10-03T13:17:00Z He became known for his readable and singable opera translations—notably, his punchy, unstuffy version of “The Nibelung’s Ring,” as he liked to call it. Postscript: Andrew Porter (1928-2015) 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The German domestic intelligence agency previously said the group had also set up Germany's biggest far-right martial arts event, called Fight of the Nibelungs, which has been banned since 2019. Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Later, it did duty as a lower level of Nibelheim, where Alberich enslaves his fellow Nibelungs as the first step in his quest for world domination. Seattle Opera mines a novel, futuristic ‘Rheingold’ 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Stagings of Richard Wagner’s cycle of four interlinked operas, together known as “The Ring of the Nibelung,” are what put Seattle Opera on the international map almost half a century ago. Seattle Opera launches 60th anniversary season with return to Wagner 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Famous tales that eventually found their way into written form, such as the Song of Hildebrand and the Song of the Nibelungs, had their beginnings as spoken epics. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Richard Wagner created a cycle of four musical dramas called Der Ring des Nibelungen. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The lectures’ topics ranged from Goethe’s “Faust” and Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” to Mann’s own “Magic Mountain,” and they attracted an appreciative audience. Review | How Thomas Mann escaped to America and waged a moral battle against Hitler 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z As the war turned against Germany, Mr. Kruger’s Hitler Youth unit was drafted into the newly formed SS division “Nibelungen.” Hardy Kruger, actor in international adventure films, dies at 93 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z As the war turned against Germany, Kruger’s Hitler Youth unit was drafted into the newly formed SS division "Nibelungen." German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dead at 93 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z German authorities banned the Battle of the Nibelungs event in 2019, on the grounds that it was not actually about sports, but instead was grooming fighters with combat skills for political struggle. Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they’re making money 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z In The Perfect Wagnerite, his anticapitalist reading of The Ring of the Nibelung cycle, Shaw wrote that the descent into Nibelheim, the realm of the enslaved dwarves, is “frightfully real, frightfully present, frightfully modern”. Richard and the revolutionaries: why did leftwingers love Wagner? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z For the next eight years, as Wagner completed his operatic cycle “The Ring of the Nibelung” and prepared for its première, Nietzsche served as a propagandist for the Wagnerian cause and as the Meister’s factotum. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The mixed martial arts tournament held that weekend, Kampf der Nibelungen, is the largest white power combat sports event in Europe, according to researchers monitoring European extremists. American hate group looks to make allies in Europe as Trump arrives 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Eight hours after “Tristan” ended, I was on a plane to Chicago for the first installment of a new “Ring of the Nibelung” at the Lyric Opera. A Weekend of Wagner 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Nibelungs is a “central point of contact” for right-wing extremists, according to German government intelligence reports. Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they’re making money 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z In another letter, Marx amused his daughter Jenny Longuet with an account of the Wagners’ tortuous sexual history, adding: “The activities of this group might also be dramatised, as with the Nibelungs, in a tetralogy.” Richard and the revolutionaries: why did leftwingers love Wagner? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z WASHINGTON—Long before she became an opera star, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop believed that Brünnhilde, the heroine in Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelung,” was actually named Bwünnhilde. How Bugs Bunny and ‘Kill the Wabbit’ Inspired a Generation of Opera Stars 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The Washington National Opera celebrates its 60th anniversary with three complete cycles of Richard Wagner’s powerful “The Ring of the Nibelung.” Washington National Opera presents ‘Ring’ cycle at Kennedy Center 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle: “The Rhinegold” The Washington National Opera performs the first work in the composer’s Norse mythology-inspired “Ring of the Nibelung” cycle. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, April 28-May 4, 2016 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Members of a California white supremacist street fighting club called the Rise Above Movement, and its founder, Robert Rundo, have attended the Nibelungs tournament. Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they’re making money 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “Hopscotch” is its most ambitious production, and one of the more complicated operatic enterprises to have been attempted since Richard Wagner staged “The Ring of the Nibelung,” over four days, in 1876. Creating an Opera as Big as Los Angeles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Released 10 September AN Consisting of four of the greatest operas every written, Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is the operatic equivalent of the decathlon – resource-intensive, epic and 16 hours long. London 2012: how to shake the post-Olympic blues 2012-08-13T15:38:25Z Suddenly the arena was turned into a place of belching smoke-stacks, satanic mills and oppressed workers toiling away like Wagnerian Nibelungen. Olympics opening ceremony: the theatre review 2012-07-27T23:10:20Z It was the first classic period of German literature, in which the national and artistic epic appear well developed in such works as the Nibelungen, Gudrun, Parceval, and others. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A number of Battle of Nibelungs alums have landed in prison, including for manslaughter, assault and attacks on migrants. Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they’re making money 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z But I cannot make a hero out of stout King William, although he has bravery enough of the common, military kind, to suit any of the heroes of the "Nibelungen Lied." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Chiefs and gods mingle together as in the days of the Nibelungen Lied. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z If for the dog the world is a smell, for the eagle a picture, for the politician a Nibelung hoard, then for the psychiatrist life is a huge, throbbing nerve. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z For hours on end, artists come and go from stage left or right; sometimes they enter through a small door or stand in a trough which makes even a god look like a little Nibelung. Boos, Cheers for ‘Gotterdammerung’ at Met: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2012-01-31T13:10:41Z In the meantime, there’s news from the folks at the Battle of the Nibelungs. Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they’re making money 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z For those who think thus, however, there is only one thing that will correct such a false impression and that is to read the Nibelungen itself. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z If my Lady Kriemhild had power with her to take All that from Nibelung's country was ever brought to Rhine, Yet touch'd should it be never by her hand or by mine. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The Titanic imagination of the "Nibelungen" and the tremendous imagery of "Beowulf" were both the inevitable expression of the tumultuous soul of the Teuton, conscious of a great destiny. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The subject of this opera is taken from the same source as Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen." Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Wagner's object in coming here was to try and get his Nibelungen opera performed. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z It arose there about the time that the Cid came into vogue in Spain, the Arthur Legends were being put into shape in England, and the Nibelungen reaching its ultimate form in Germany. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Early German poems on the story of the Nibelungs, although it is altogether likely that they once existed, have not been preserved. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Early in the year a troupe had been formed by Herr Neumann for the purpose of performing 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' in the leading cities of Germany, Austria, Holland, England, and Italy. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Now that the British public are more familiarised with Wagner's "Nibelungen Ring" they would be able to draw interesting comparisons between the treatment of the same legend by the German master and the French composer. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Under the splendid coat of mail of the Nibelungen hero, beneath the coarse peasant frocks of a Vulture-maiden and a Bear-hunter--still we meet with it again and again. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z We shall find the same problem to be considered when we come to discuss the Nibelungen Lied. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Neither of us denies it," thus Hagan sternly spoke, "I'd fain straight make the trial with many a sturdy stroke, Unless this my good weapon, the sword of Nibelung, break. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z His frescos from the Nibelungen Lied in the new palace at Munich have been already mentioned at length. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z In 1879 he recorded his impressions of the "Ring des Nibelungen" in a series of remarkable articles that are reproduced in the volume above mentioned. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z This danger Wagner skilfully avoided in his later music-dramas derived from the Nibelungen myth. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z He was the guardian of the hoard of the Nibelungs and was killed by Sigurd. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Loud on the mail of Dietrich the sword of Nibelung clash'd. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z This vengeance is in fact the subject of the Nibelungen Lied, as the wrath of Achilles is the subject of the Iliad. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z She must mate with the man of her race, as the last giantess in the Nibelungen Lied could love only the last giant. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Tolkien in "The Lord of the Rings" and by Richard Wagner in his Nibelungen tetralogy. How Harry Potter Saved Reading 2011-07-09T00:21:05Z Brunhilde called upon Sigbert to revenge her sister's death, and then began that terrible history of crime and hatred, which was celebrated, centuries afterwards, in the famous Nibelungenlied, or Lay of the Nibelungs. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The word Nibelung is a patronymic from nebel, mist or darkness, and means, child of mist or darkness. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The author of the Lay of the Nibelungen has not been ascertained. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z I remember an interesting and, I must admit, not altogether inexact account of my production of the Ring des Nibelungen being given in the Musical Journal of New York. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z The high, vaulted, unplastered ceiling with its heavy green beams and rafters made me think of William Morris's description of the hall of the Nibelungs when the eagles screamed in the roof-tree. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z And he told him all about the princely castle at Worms, and the treasure of the Nibelungen, and the revenge of Chriemhildis, and Ekkehard listened with sparkling eager eyes. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Who these Nibelungs were is involved in appropriate obscurity. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z In the first room, immediately over the entrance, he has represented the poet, or presumed author of the Nibelungen—an inspired figure, attended by two listening genii. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z The story was already connected with the Nibelungen when it found its way to the Scandinavian north by way of Germany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z This is the irregular rhythm of Hebrew poetry, and also, by the way, of the Nibelungen Lied. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z It was an epic in the German tongue, and was called, "The song of the Nibelungen!" Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z In the first part of the poem, they are Siegfried's Norwegian dependents, formerly subjects of King Nibelung; in the second, they are the Burgundians, possibly as being then the possessors of the wondrous treasure. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The Nibelungen Lied deals with the colossal crimes, loves, and sorrows of Burgundian kings and princesses at the time of the Hunnish invasion. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z But there are in the operas by Richard Wagner, gods and goddesses, giants and Rhine maidens, and Nibelungs. Wagner The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Little Plays 2011-02-02T03:00:24.883Z Another legend states that the Nibelung treasure is hidden hereabouts in the Rhine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z In the spring of 1882, Marx expressed himself in the strongest terms on the total misrepresentation of primeval times by Wagner's Nibelungen text: "Who ever heard of a brother embracing his sister as a bride?" The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State From the Hundeshagen Nibelungen manuscripts of the 10th century, in the Royal Library at Berlin. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 "The Nibelung treasure," replies Hagen scornfully, "has been buried in the deepest Rhine where it shall lie till the last day, and "'To thee I bring the devil! Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) That is the cloud-background of our history, the despair of arid annalists, which contains the Nibelungen treasure of our ancient literature. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Nor was there any in the Nibelungen, until the light, almost extinct, burst suddenly in the flaming scores of Wagner. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal It was really an inhuman and superhuman struggle around this ring of the Nibelung! Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians Nor is there much novelty in A Selection from the Poems and Dramatic Works of Theodore Korner, though the translation is a new one, and by the clever translator of the Nibelungen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Kriemhilde vows to Hagen that she will spare his life if he will return to her the hidden hoard, the Nibelung treasure. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The Nibelungen Lied and the Lay of Gudrun have been called the Iliad and the Odyssey of Germany. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Grover, in the guise of King Gunther in the Nibelungen Lay, sat opposite, arrayed in a splendid helmet and scarlet cloak, endeavoring to make his legs as unobtrusive as possible. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 It was generally known that a new work was soon to issue from Wagner’s brain and soon everywhere from the Rhine to the Danube, from rock to sea, could be heard the Nibelungen! Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians It was in Germany that “the pagan gods of the Nibelungen are forging their deadly weapons,” for Germans believe national superiority is due to military superiority. German Problems and Personalities Nemesis now passes from Siegfried the Nibelung to the Burgundian Nibelungs. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) No one knows the author of "Beowulf" or of the "Nibelungen Lied." Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews Later, after he has inherited the untold wealth of the Nibelungs, he tastes the society life of the metropolis. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire He was unconcerned, knowing that he should have the privilege of performing his “Ring of the Nibelungen” far from all these distorted forms and figures of the prevailing art. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians It is there that the pagan gods of the Nibelungen are forging their deadly weapons.” German Problems and Personalities The Nibelungs' distress begins with the second part of the national epic. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) No one knows the author of “Beowulf” or of the “Nibelungen Lied.” A Manual of the Art of Fiction In 1852 the poem of the "Nibelungen Ring Trilogy" was finished. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Such was the “Ring of the Nibelungen” which Wagner created out of the vast collection of German legends and not merely out of the distinctively national Nibelungen epic. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians During the Grand Opera season he was a frequent visitor to Covent Garden Theatre and the performances of the Nibelungen Ring were for him a fountain of pure delight. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Kriemhilde inquires whether they had brought her property, the Nibelung treasure, with them. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The early German hero was Siegfried, and the song or epic that celebrates his deeds is called the Nibelungen Lied. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden There is a sword to be forged which even that insolent boy cannot break; a sword which, if the race of Nibelungs could wield it would win them back the treasure and the ring. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The success of the Nibelungen Ring had been called in question, but that of “Parsifal” is beyond doubt, as sufficiently demonstrated by the attendance of cultured people from everywhere for so many weeks! Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians Then the wars which the Frankish Kaiser Karl waged against the Saxons of Witukind, have been held to be indicated in the war which the Frankish Siegfried, in the "Nibelungen Lied," wages against the Saxons. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History "How Siegfried fell we will not now investigate: but so long as Kriemhilde lives, grievous calamity is impending; do thou beware of it most of all, O Hagen, heir of the Nibelungs." Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The “Iliad” of the Greeks, the “Æneid” of the Romans, the “Nibelungen Lied” of the Germans, “Beowulf” of the Anglo-Saxons, and “Paradise Lost” are good examples of the epic. English: Composition and Literature The Nibelung, still shrieking and cursing at his own folly, was placed upon a rock, while Loge and Wotan stood looking down at him. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces “Designed in reliance upon the German soul, and completed to the glory of its august benefactor,” is printed on the score of the Nibelungen Ring, which now began to appear. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians An eminently Frankish tale, the Nibelungen cycle, has arisen in that martial German tribe which once held sway in the greater part of Europe. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In an altercation with Gudrun, the Nibelung princess, she learns that it was Sigurd, not Gunnar, who conquered her and subjected her. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The Ring of the Nibelung Volume 4 101. The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. "With my ring, I can win it back and more too," he thought; so he said to Loge: "Well, then, rascal, unbind my arm that I may summon the Nibelungen." Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces This question has been hurled into our life and history by the “Ring of the Nibelungen.” Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians When Siegfried slays the Dragon, when Light overcomes Darkness, this hoard is his booty, and he becomes master of the Nibelungs. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History She causes the Nibelungs to murder Sigurd, but in reawakened love she kills herself to be united in death with her beloved. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The moment of his overtaking the Nibelungs is indicated by their sudden distant outcry. The Wagnerian Romances "Never mind that: we shall be able to take care of ourselves," the God answered, while Alberich lifted the ring and the Nibelungen rushed pell-mell into the rocks again. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces To be sure, the Nibelungen Ring had largely contributed to this success. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians In this "Volksbuch" there are remarkable details concerning the hero's early life in a smithy and the prophecy of his assassination, which are lost in the "Nibelungen Lied," but preserved in the "Edda." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The study of history and archeology took an Advances in scholarship upward turn with Brentano's publication of old German ballads and Lachmann's original version of the Nibelungen songs. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Loge sets the cowering dwarf on his feet and by artful questions gets the whole story from him of the ring and the Nibelungs' woe. The Wagnerian Romances With the morrow's tragedy arranged Hagen saw the way at last to possess himself of the Nibelungen ring. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The Nibelungs, whom we also find as the Myrmidons accompanying Achilles, the Siegfried of the Greeks—are now with their treasure elevated by the Franks to a moral importance. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians Siegfried is the name of the mythic national hero of the Germans, whose tragic fate is most powerfully described in the "Nibelungen Lied," and in a series of lays of the Icelandic Edda. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History However that may be, it is certain that Siegfried played many pranks upon the little Nibelung, and he, Mimer, determined to get rid of the quick-tempered, strong-handed Prince. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children "Take my blessing, son of the Nibelung!" cries Wotan in his dark mood; "the thing which sickens me with loathing, I bestow it upon you for an inheritance: the empty splendour of the gods!" The Wagnerian Romances At first Wotan shook his head, but presently his despair urged him to speak and he told Br�nnhilde the story of the Rheingold and the ring of the Nibelungs. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces He resumed the Nibelungen poem, and we shall see its powerful influence upon the national spirit and national art. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians A matchless warrior, a Dragon-killer and overthrower of Giants, who possesses a magic sword, he conquers the northern Nibelungs and acquires their famed gold hoard. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It was no hardship then to Siegfried to leave the forge and the hated little Nibelung, therefore it was that with right good-will he set out in search of charcoal for Mimer the blacksmith. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Wotan readily answers all these, giving bits of the histories of the races in question, the Nibelungen, the Giants, and the Gods. The Wagnerian Romances Siegfried now owns all the Nibelung's hoard which lies hidden in the cave. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces When Siegfried slew the Nibelungen dragon he gained its treasure. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians The translation is in the so-called Nibelungen measures. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography The two little Nibelungs were princes, the giants were their counsellors. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children The Nibelung uses him for his own purposes. The Wagnerian Romances Suddenly the Valkyrie maid saw the Nibelungen ring upon Siegfried's finger, and she pointed to it, trembling. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The divine hero Siegfried, who first obtained it and thus became a Nibelung, left to his race the claim to the treasure. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians The volume contains also paraphrases of the legends about Arthur, Charlemagne, and Tannhäuser, as well as the story of the Nibelungs. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Now the King of the Nibelungs had but just died in the dark little underground town of Nibelheim, and the two tiny princes were the sons of the dead king. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Below the Rhine lay Nibelheim, the kingdom of mists and night, the home of the Nibelungs,—dark gnomes, dwarfs, living in the bowels of the earth, digging its metals, excelling in cunning as smiths. The Wagnerian Romances What?" shouted the wretched Nibelung, "Well, then, since love has forsworn me, I shall lose nothing by forswearing love. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Here we close the intimate connection of the Nibelungen legend with our history. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians ‘The Story of Beowulf,’ ‘King Arthur and the Round Table,’ ‘The Treasure of the Nibelungs.’ The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography For at the cruel warrior's bidding, Gunther went to the Queen and urged her to send for the treasure of the Nibelungs. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children The orchestra takes up their suggestion and turns it into a simple monotonous strongly rhythmical air—never long silent in this scene—which comes to mean for us the little toiling Nibelungs, the cunning smiths. The Wagnerian Romances At last, this composer, whose inspirations had come entirely from historical subjects, found his mythological beginnings in the Scandinavian Eddas; and in a poem of the "Nibelung" he found the germ of "Siegfried." Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces And yet he had to seek the “daylight” of the German opera, from which he had fled with his Nibelungen, if he would remain familiar with the active life of his art. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians The Nibelungen Lied is described and its story told. Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages The legend runs that in one of the caverns of the rock dwelt the dragon which was slain by Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungen Lied. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Fafner there, in the shape of a dragon, guards the treasure of the Nibelungen. The Wagnerian Romances Springing and clinging to the rock the Nibelung tore the gold from its resting place, dived deep into the river-bed and disappeared into the fissures of the earth. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The two most remarkable of these feats were the slaying of a frightful monster known as the “Dragon of the Linden-tree” and the capture of the rich treasure of the Nibelungs. Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls We had better do the Nibelungen Ring at once. The Arbiter A Novel He rode back to the hall of the Nibelungs, and at the supperboard he told them what he had heard the birds say. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Mime is king, Prince of the Nibelungen, lord over all! The Wagnerian Romances It has been stolen by a Nibelung, and with the golden treasure he can rule the world. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Its success was immense, and can only be compared with that achieved at Bayreuth in 1876 by the first performance of the Nibelungen Ring. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas There too will be found reference to the thorough courses on Wagner, one a general course on that composer, the other a special course on his "Ring of the Nibelung." The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Sigurd and Gudrun were wed and all the kingdom that the Nibelungs ruled over rejoiced. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths The cleverer brother asks Loge, "What great advantage is involved in the possession of the gold, that the Nibelung should find it all-sufficient?" The Wagnerian Romances "Nibelungs, be off to your digging; and mind ye bring me treasure worth having." Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The Amelungenlied a translation of which has appeared from Simrock, bears great likeness to the Nibelungen; we even find in part the same persons. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas In the Nibelungen, Hagen is the efficient man, who, in any crisis, knows what to do and can accomplish it by craft and strength combined. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Now that Sigurd had wed Gudrun he was one with the Nibelungs. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths He whom I have chosen, but who has never known me, an intrepid boy, unaided by counsel of mine, has conquered the Nibelung's Ring. The Wagnerian Romances He was cracking his whip and driving a great host of Nibelungs before him from the cleft of the rock. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces They disappear in a cleft and we find ourselves in a subterranean cavern, the abode of the Nibelungs. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas The Mahabharata, the Kalevala, the Edda, the Nibelungen Noth, are other examples of popular epics which had great influence on the mores for centuries. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals After the war they had waged Sigurd spent a whole winter in the hall of the Nibelungs. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Will the illustrious Hort come once more into the possession of the Nibelung? The Wagnerian Romances Lashing them soundly, and raising his magic ring to his lips, the Nibelungen shrunk away in affright and disappeared into the clefts of the rock. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces A musical drama of the highest interest, one which may be considered equal to Wagner's great Nibelung series, has been created at last. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Like Wagner's "Ring der Nibelungen," it was given in instalments, each part separate and complete in itself, and yet combining to illustrate a given subject in its entirety. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers She would have him belong to the Nibelungs, not only by the oaths of brotherhood he had sworn with Gunnar and Högni, but by other ties. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths —Wherefore, they hold, the gold is safe, "for all that lives wishes to love, no one will give up love," least of all this Nibelung, the heat of whose sentiments had come near scorching them! The Wagnerian Romances "Well," said Hagen, "I admit the deed, and now I claim my heritage—the ring of the Nibelungen!" Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces There is no trace of ideas peculiar to it in the writings of the old Anglo-Saxons or in the Nibelungen Lied of Germany. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" Among the idler parts of Nibelungen discussions perhaps the idlest are the attempts made by partisans of Icelandic and German literature respectively to exalt or depress these two handlings, each in comparison with the other. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Then she went to Högni and asked him to slay Sigurd, telling him that the whole of Fafnir's hoard would belong to the Nibelungs if Sigurd were slain. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths For the Rhine is the centre of the world we are occupied with: under it, the Nibelungs; above it, the Gods; beside it, the giants and the insignificant human race. The Wagnerian Romances Taking the Nibelung ring from his finger, he put it upon hers. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Bodmer soon afterwards published for the first time the Nibelungen Lied. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Both these are in octosyllables: Titurel is in a singular and far from felicitous stanza, which stands to that of Kudrun much as the Kudrun stanza does to that of the Nibelungen. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) He left Hindfell and he came into a kingdom that was ruled over by a people that were called the Nibelungs as Sigurd's people were called the Volsungs. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Fafner, when he had become possessor of the Nibelungen treasure, conveyed it, as we have seen, to a cave in a lonesome forest, and there in the shape of a dragon mounted guard over it. The Wagnerian Romances On the other hand, the minnesingers borrowed from the Norse sagas their famous story embodied in the Nibelungen Lied, called the “German Iliad,” which is from the second part of Snorro Sturleson’s Edda. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 We may look in vain through the Nibelungen Lied for anything like this. Short Studies on Great Subjects It would be no consolation for the loss of the Cid that we have Beowulf and Roland and the Nibelungen—they would not fill its place, they do not speak with its voice. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) And when she heard of the great hoard that was his she had greater wish and will that he should be one with the Nibelungs. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths But the Nibelung is past care or fear, and rising to insane heights of hatred lays upon the ring such a curse as might well shake its owner's complacency. The Wagnerian Romances Wolf, in 1795, wrote a learned book to prove that Homer did for the Iliad and Odyssey what Ofterdingen did for the Nibelungen Lied. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The two most remarkable of these feats were the slaying of a frightful monster known as the "Dragon of the Linden-tree" and the capture of the rich treasure of the Nibelungs. Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources Of the great romances, as distinguished from the Nibelungen, Carlyle did not know much, and he was not quite in sympathy either with their writers or with the Minnesingers proper. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) And with this awful holocaust ends the Lied of the Nibelungen Not, the most renowned heroic legend in the German tongue. Legends of the Rhine From his Nibelung father he has more than human powers and knowledge. The Wagnerian Romances Richard Wagner composed a series of operas founded on the Nibelungen Lied. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The motive of Attila, which is different in each of the poems on this subject, is in no case equal to the tragic motive of Kriemhild in the Nibelungen. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature This work was founded on the famous old German poem, "Die Nibelungen Lied," but with very important modifications of Wagner's own. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The Nibelungen Hoard, the cause of the shameful deed, was sunk in the middle of the Rhine in order to prevent future strife arising from human greed. Legends of the Rhine He is known as the slayer of the dragon, the possessor of the Hort, and commander of the Nibelungen. The Wagnerian Romances He vanquished the Nibelungs, and carried away their immense hoards of gold and precious stones. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The Cid, the Arthur Legends, the Nibelungen, the Troubadours, naturally led up to Dante. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages The Ring of the Nibelungs would not be heard today if Liszt had not written its theme in his Faust Symphony. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques A great many exploits are recorded of the proud hero which he performed in the country of the Nibelungen. Legends of the Rhine This Hagen is the Nibelung's son of Erda's prophecy: "When the dark enemy of Love shall in wrath beget a son, the end of the gods shall not be long delayed." The Wagnerian Romances See how many brave men, Huns and Amalungs and Nibelungs, have yielded up their life for her sake. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The most poetic and admired feature of his style is a slow growth to a gigantic climax, slow enough and gigantic enough for any situation in Wagner's Nibelungen tetralogy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" It gives briefly, in an interesting manner, the great myth upon which Wagner based his famous production, the Ring of the Nibelungs, following the lines of the operas. A Mother's List of Books for Children We all know that they manufactured the precious trinkets and arms of the Nibelungen treasure. Legends of the Rhine Is Goethe the inferior of Hans Sachs in any poetic quality, or still more the inferior of the nameless author of the Nibelungen Lied? Platform Monologues In the terrible encounter there had fallen one thousand Nibelungs, being all their host, and four thousand Huns and Amalungs. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation This rifle won't stop a beast, a live beast, like that Nibelungen dragon of yours.' In Search of the Unknown I met three men in Bayreuth who had scraped together enough money for a third-class trip from Berlin, but not enough to pay for a complete Nibelung ticket for each. Chopin and Other Musical Essays That fine old bard who shaped the character of Volker the Fiddler in the Nibelungen Lay, had a glowing vision of the power of music and of the violin. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music The subject simply required different musical treatment from the heroic "Ring of the Nibelung" and the impassioned "Tristan." The Loves of Great Composers Terrible was the clang of the strong sword Ecke-sax on the helmets of the Nibelungs. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The story of the Knight of the Swan, of the Ring of the Nibelungen, the Search for the Grail, of Lohengrin and of Parsifal, are among the richest and deepest of the great mediæval stories. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy It was his intention to give in the leading American cities a series of performances of Wagner's Nibelung Tetralogy, and he looked forward to this as the crowning achievement of his busy life. Chopin and Other Musical Essays His noble portrayal of a violinist testifies no more fully to the mission of the musician than the creation of the Nibelungen bard. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music She formed with Liszt, Von B�low, Berlioz and a few others the very small, but extremely select, audience which, at the house of Liszt's mother, heard Wagner read selections from his "Nibelung" dramas. The Loves of Great Composers Page 422 And after these things it came to pass that old King Attila died, being enticed by Aldrian, the son of Hagen, into the cave where the great Nibelung hoard lay hidden. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation It is only where the public are advanced to the stage of intelligent discrimination that a Ninth Symphony and a Nibelung Tetralogy are accepted slowly. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art In the same scene in "Rheingold" to which reference has just been made, the ugly Nibelung Alberich appears presently and tries to catch one of the lovely maidens. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Stories of Richard Wagner's four operas which form the 'Nibelungen Cycle.' Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours Siegfried reminds her that she need not fear he will forget her as long as she wears the Nibelung ring, the seal of their troth, and gladly accepts from her in exchange the steed Grane. Stories of the Wagner Opera Thus Aldrian avenged the death of his father and of all the Nibelungs. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Such are the Iliad, the Odyssey, the great Indian and Persian epics, the Nibelungen Lied. Life of John Milton Then went she to Hagen and said to him that if he would return the Nibelungs’ treasure to her he might still go home safe and sound to Burgundy. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The treatment of the theme is full of strength but differs from other versions of the Nibelungen story. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours Listening wonderingly, Siegfried soon hears a bird overhead warning him to possess himself of the tarn-helmet and magic ring, and proclaiming that the treasure of the Nibelungs is now his own. Stories of the Wagner Opera He drafted his Wieland the Smith, made tentative shots at what at length grew into the Nibelung's Ring, and poured forth an enormous quantity of very prosy prose. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas There is one point about the Norse mythology which is of the utmost importance to the proper comprehension of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen.' The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Thus fell the Nibelungs, thus was accomplished the fate of their house! Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Brief account of the Nibelung story, leading to fuller versions. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours Siegfried shall have now The Nibelungs' hoard, For here in the hole It awaits his hand! Stories of the Wagner Opera The Nibelungs are the slaves and sons of toil; they labour incessantly for Alberich; him only does Wotan fear: he must get the Ring from them at all costs. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas On this quest therefore the two gods descended through a cleft in the earth to Nibelheim, the abode of the Nibelungs. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. But a day came when the minnesingers of Germany felt that it behoved them to fix once and for all time the shape of the Lay of the Nibelungs. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine A very satisfactory collection of Northern myths, including the story of the Nibelungs. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours He had studied the story of Barbarossa, intending to make use of it, but discarded it in favour of the Nibelungen Myths, which he decided to dramatise. 1 Stories of the Wagner Opera When Wotan and Loge descend to the Nibelung's cave to steal the treasure Wagner frankly lets himself loose. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas The draught is poisoned, and Mime hopes by slaying Siegfried to gain the Nibelung hoard. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Now the Nibelungs could not perceive how they were to win over the stream, for it was broad and strong. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine A version of that part of the Nibelungen Lied which relates to the story of Siegfried. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours He is the son of Alberich, and has been begotten with the sole hope that he will once help his father to recover the Nibelung ring. Stories of the Wagner Opera The power is symbolised by the gold of the Rhine; this gold, made into a Ring—the Nibelung's Ring—gives absolute power to its possessor. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas It fitly gathers together the many threads of that vast fabric, 'Der Ring des Nibelungen.' The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Hagen then offered him gold, and so angry did the ferryman become that he struck at the Nibelung with his rudder oar, which broke over Hagen’s head. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine In her review of German poetry she gives a brief description, among other things, of the "Nibelungen Lied," and a long analysis of Bürger's "Leonora" and "Wilde Jäger." A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century This Wotan answers by describing the Nibelungs' gold, and the power wielded by Alberich as long as he was owner of the magic ring. Stories of the Wagner Opera Had studied the Nibelungen saga and sketched the plan of the whole gigantic work much as it now stands. 1850-51. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas It has already been related how Wagner broke off, when midway through 'Der Ring des Nibelungen,' and devoted himself to the composition of a work of more conventional dimensions. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Then Hagen knew well that naught might avail against the tidings which the mermaids had told him, that not a Nibelung should return to Burgundy. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Second only in interest, especially to us of Anglo-Saxon descent, are the hero tales of the ancient North and the stirring legends connected with the "Nibelungen Lied." Hero Tales As the King's plan for building a national theatre for the representation of ‘The Nibelungen Ring’ had to be abandoned, the scheme was taken up by the municipality of the little town of Bayreuth. Stories of the Wagner Opera To say nothing of the Homeric poems, the ancient Finns, Scandinavians, and Germans were as barbarous as the Gael; yet they produced the Kalewala, the Edda, and the Nibelungen Lied. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The literature of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' is already very large, and not a year passes without some addition to the long catalogue of works dealing with Wagner's mighty drama. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. A fierce battle raged with great loss on both sides, until nearly all the Nibelungs were slain, and Gunnar and Hogni, forced to yield to the power of numbers, were captured and bound. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine There are, says Professor Santayana, Nibelungen who toil underground over a gold which they will never use, and in their obsession with production begrudge themselves all inclinations to recreation, to merriment, to fancy. Outspoken Essays In spite of repeated disappointments, however, Mime the Nibelung works on. Stories of the Wagner Opera It was not in the little dark town of Nibelung that Mimer had his forge, but under the trees of the great forest to which Siegfried had been sent. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Nevertheless he grasped the spirit of the myth so fully, that his version of the Nibelung story yields in harmony and beauty to that of none of his predecessors. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Wagner, who has made several important innovations in writing for bass brass instruments, requires an octave bass trombone in B flat; an octave lower than the tenor one, in the "Nibelungen." Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 He seizes the bear and drags him into Mime's hut, much to the Nibelung's alarm. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Then we meet the Nibelungs and the Nibelights, all livers under a water-cure system; and then—it's like a musical nightmare—Alberich changes himself into a toad and is towed off as a prisoner. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892 "Call me here quickly the Nibelung warriors," cried Siegfried, "for I have need of them." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) It is Wotan, disguised as a wanderer, who has visited the earth to watch over the offspring of his Volsung son, and to see how events are shaping themselves with regard to the Nibelung treasure. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. A light and airy work as everyone knows is Der Ring des Nibelungen, or The Nibelung's Ring, requiring all the power of lungs to get the true ring out of the work. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 The Nibelung, however, clings to his precious gold, and a struggle ensues for it. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers In 1853 he published the words of The Nibelung's Ring, which aroused the premature ire of those who did not know how he intended to treat it musically. Wagner "We will go to welcome the fleet," said Brunhild, and together they met the brave Nibelung army and lodged them in Isenland. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The fatal treasure is concealed by Loutri, and is obviously to play the part of the fairy hoard in the ‘Nibelungen Lied.’ Custom and Myth Then he bids a thousand Nibelung warriors accompany him back to Isenland, and Brunhild, seeing this force approaching and learning from Gunther it is part of his suite, no longer dares to resist. 9th Adventure. The Book of the Epic Alberich's hatred of the gods and all connected with them is shared by his son, who has been charged by the Nibelung to recover the gold. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers He wants the Nibelung's ring to rule the world: Siegfried is the only man to get it; and after he has got it, Mime will avert the Wanderer's prophesied disaster by poisoning him. Wagner Now the King of the Nibelungs had but just died in the dark little underground town of Nibelheim, and the two tiny princes were the sons of the dead King. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) There is nothing which even remotely resembles an epic—no Iliad or Divina Commedia—not even a Nibelungen Lied or Chevy Chase. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic As they are now sole possessors of the great Nibelung hoard, the poet terms them Nibelungs in the remainder of his work. The Book of the Epic The opera differs widely from "The Nibelung Ring." The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers It formed part of a lucklessly projected History of German Literature, subsequent portions of which, the Nibelungen and Reinecke Fox, you have already printed. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I All the livelong day they would hammer on their little anvils, but all through the long night they would dance and play with tiny little Nibelung women. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The German musician, Richard Wagner, set it to music in a famous series of operas called the Nibelungen Ring. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung As the wary dwarf guardian of the Nibelung hoard refuses to admit him, Siegfried fights him and after conquering him compels him to recognize his authority. The Book of the Epic Wagner now took up his plan of the Nibelung Trilogy, that is the three operas and a prologue. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Herewith Hebbel's trilogy is at once distinguished from such other modern treatments of the subject as Geibel's Brunhild or Wagner's Nibelungen Ring. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig The two little Nibelungs were princes, the giants were their counselors. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) It is at least curious that the Nibelungen Lied places Prunhilt in Iceland. The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 The Nibelungenlied, or Song of the Nibelungs, was written about the beginning of the thirteenth century although it relates events dating back to the sixth or seventh. The Book of the Epic He will give me everything I need; I am to finish my Nibelungen and he will have them performed as I wish. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians The tragedy of the Nibelungen Hebbel approached somewhat differently from the other subjects that he treated. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig But Siegfried, the naughty Prince, only laughed at the little Nibelung's frightened face and harsh, croaking voice. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) In the Nibelungen Lied the winning of the treasure forms no part of the action: it is merely narrated by Hagen. The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 Three years elapse before Hagen suggests to Gunther that his sister send for the Nibelung hoard which was given her on her marriage. The Book of the Epic When Hester turned her eyes she saw his handsome profile, his Nibelung's head and beard against the stony side of the fell. Missing But Hebbel's first Viennese triumph did not come until February 19, 1863, when Christine played Brunhild in the first and second parts of the Nibelungen. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig It was no hardship then to Siegfried to leave the forge and the hated little Nibelung, therefore it was that with right good will he set out in search of charcoal for Mimer the blacksmith. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) This Ermanric story, which belongs to legendary history rather than myth, is in reality quite independent of the Volsung or Nibelung cycle. The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 Then, still escorted by the faithful Ekkewart and carrying off with her the small portion of the Nibelungen treasure which she still retains, Kriemhild starts out for Hungary. 21st Adventure. The Book of the Epic In profane poetry we find, as I have already signified, first the cycle of sagas of the Nibelungen and the Heldenbuch, or Book of Heroes. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes On his deathbed he received the news that the Berlin Schiller Prize had been awarded to him for the Nibelungen. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Germany's greatest epic is, without doubt, the ancient poem entitled "Nibelungenlied," or the "Lay," "Fall," or "Calamity of the Nibelungs." Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art On this point, therefore, the German preserves the older tradition: the Norse Andvari, the river-dwarf, is the German Alberich the Nibelung. The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 Hagen, king of Burgundy; the murderer of Siegfried in the "Nibelungen Lied," who is in turn killed by Chriemhild, Siegfried's wife, with Siegfried's sword. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A moment's recollection of what is now perhaps the most familiar of Teutonic saga to the ordinary reader, the text of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung," will give ample evidence of that mental attitude. Popular Law-making Dippold in his account of the Nibelung tale speaks of the Tarn kappe or magic cap of darkness which renders the wearer invisible. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Siegfried, with Kriemhild, his father, and his son, then went to the Nibelungen land, where they tarried two years. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Then he took up the Nibelungen idea, planning to devote three years to the work; "little dreaming that it would keep him with interruptions for the next twenty-three years." The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 SE. of Bonn, 1056 ft. above the Rhine, and crowned by a castle with a commanding view; the legendary abode of the dragon killed by Siegfried in the "Lay of the Nibelungen." The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Under its ancient Gothic name of Bern, it is the scene of many of the Teutonic tales which are woven into the Book of Heroes, and the song of the Nibelung. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 399, Supplementary Number Brunhilde, in the "Nibelungen," binds her offending lover with her girdle and slings him up to the wall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Brunhild princess of, 58; Gunther's arrival in, 59; Nibelungs accompany Siegfried to, 61. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art And she put both her arms round that supple, stately waist, that might have belonged to a Greek goddess, or to some queen in the Nibelungen Lied. Malbone: an Oldport Romance In Germany, the lay of the Nibelungs had been long utterly forgotten, when, in the eighteenth century, it was, for the first time, printed from a manuscript in the old library of a noble family. Lays of Ancient Rome Nibelungen Lied - The lay of the Nibelungen; the great German national epos. The Breitmann Ballads Ah, to get back to that first clear-eyed view of things, to see as Homer saw, as Beowulf saw, as the Nibelungen poets saw. The Octopus : A story of California Three years later Etzel married Kriemhild, Siegfried's widow; and now occurred the fall of the brave Nibelung knights, recorded in the "Nibelungenlied." Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art I thought perhaps he meant Wagner's Nibelungen operas, and began to dig them out. The Haunted Bookshop "I came from the kingdom of the Nibelungs, down under the earth." Opera Stories from Wagner Imitated from the last line of the Nibelungen Lied. The Breitmann Ballads English history is best known through Shakspeare; how much through Merlin, Robin Hood, and the Scottish ballads! the German, through the Nibelungen Lied; the Spanish, through the Cid. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Etzel, according to this version, having been lured by Aldrian, Hagen's son, into the cave where the Nibelungen hoard was kept, was locked up there, and died of hunger while contemplating the gold he coveted. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art But who are the Camp Fire Girls; what are the Camp Fire Girls; are they Indians or Esquimaux or the fire-maidens in 'The Nibelungen'? The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill Alberich was the most hideous of all the black, ugly little Nibelungs. Opera Stories from Wagner How many metamorphoses between the elder Edda and the Nibelungen, between Arcturus and the "Idyls of the King"! Among My Books First Series The Nibelungen, the Minnesingers, the ancient chronicles, became a popular study. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Brunhild regretfully left her own country, escorted by the thousand Nibelung warriors; and when they had journeyed nine days, Gunther bade Siegfried spur ahead and announce his safe return to his family and subjects. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art In the popular epic like the Nibelungen story, there is more objectivity than in the epic of art like Jerusalem Delivered or Paradise Lost. A Study of Poetry The Nibelungs had cross, scowling faces, because they were always scolding each other. Opera Stories from Wagner There are two compositions which affect an interest comparable to that which Ireland claims for her bardic literature, One is the Ossian of MacPherson, the other the Nibelungen Lied. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. The Nibelungen Lied, or Song of the Nibelungen, was written about the beginning of the thirteenth century, though the events it chronicles belong to the sixth or seventh century. National Epics Then the little band which had come in festal array rode silently away in mourning robes, the grim Nibelung knights muttering dark threats against those who had dealt so basely with their beloved master. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art But a curse attached to the Nibelung treasure, and Siegfried's enemy, the "grim Hagen," treacherously slays him by a spear thrust in the one spot where he could be hurt. Early European History We must go to the deep dark kingdom of the Nibelungs. Opera Stories from Wagner The chaos of the Nibelungen is not found here, nor the confusion of the Scotch ballads blending all the ages into one. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. The second part is sometimes called the Need or Fall of the Nibelungen. National Epics Then making himself known to his followers, the Nibelungs, he chose one thousand of them to accompany him back to Issland to support the Burgundian king. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art He had slain the mysterious Nibelungs and seized their treasure, together with the magic cloud-cloak which rendered its wearer invisible to human eyes. Early European History It was as dark as night down in the kingdom of the Nibelungs, except for the light which flared from the smoking torches, or glowed in the coals upon the anvils. Opera Stories from Wagner Yet in marriage even the rough passion of a savage may contrast favorably with any cold calculation, which, like the enchanted hoard of the Nibelungs, is almost sure to bring misfortune. The Pleasures of Life Once, so I have heard the story, when he was riding alone, he saw the two kings Nibelung and Shilbung dividing the treasure of the Niblungs. National Epics Brunhild there bade Kriemhild stand aside and make way for her superior; but this order so angered the Nibelungen queen that the dispute was resumed in public with increased vehemence and bitterness. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art New national languages also were coming into being, and the national epics of the people—the Cid, the Arthurian Legends, the Chansons, and the Nibelungen Lied—were reduced to writing. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Before Alberich stole the gold, the Nibelungs often sang as they worked. Opera Stories from Wagner How Siegfried fared to his Knights, the Nibelungen 482 Thence went then Siegfried / out through the castle door In his sightless mantle / to a boat upon the shore. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Thus ends the first part of the Lay of the Nibelungen. National Epics By her orders a messenger was sent to break the mournful tidings to the still sleeping Siegmund and the Nibelungs. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art The first expressions of the Germanic mind, the song of "Hildebrand," "Gudrun," the "Nibelungen," have been handed down to us in a form which shows their origin to have been Netherlandish. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 So this is the Kingdom of the Nibelungs! Opera Stories from Wagner The warriors of Nibelung / he wakened full of fear. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Here he conceives and partly writes the "Nibelung Tetralogy". Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents Then, turning suddenly upon Hagen, she inquired aloud, in the presence of all the people, whether he had brought her back her own, the Nibelung hoard. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art In mediaeval times there are many references in hunting tales to the elk, notably in the passage in the Nibelungen Lied describing Siegfried's great hunt on the upper Rhine, in which he killed an elk. American Big Game in Its Haunts He told of his fear that the black Nibelung might regain the ring and by its power destroy Valhalla. Opera Stories from Wagner At the Nibelungen castle, / whither they were sent, In the mark of Norway / found they the knight they sought, And weary were the horses / the messengers so far had brought. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original The biggest of his works, the "Nibelung Tetralogy," was conceived and for the most part written in Switzerland. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents It is repeated and re-repeated in various forms and different languages, and finally appears in the "Nibelungen Lied," a grand old German poem, which may well be compared with the Iliad of the Greeks. The Story of Siegfried The "Song of the Nibelungen" is the great German mediæval epic. General History for Colleges and High Schools One night when all the other little Nibelungs were asleep, he slipped stealthily to his forge. Opera Stories from Wagner For the men of Siegmund / the horses ready were, When they thence would journey / to the Nibelungen land: On carrying-horses laden / the knights' attire did ready stand. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Wagner was writing a gigantic work, the Nibelung Tetralogy, which, he was convinced, would never yield a penny's profit during his lifetime. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents And the messengers went back with all speed, and told what wondrous things they had seen in Nibelungen Land, and in what great splendor Siegfried lived. The Story of Siegfried So rapid indeed has been the change in Germany, that the epic poem called the Nibelungen Lied, once so popular, and only seven centuries old, cannot now be enjoyed, except by the erudite. The Antiquity of Man It was soothing to his eyes, so used to the darkness of the Nibelungs' cavern. Opera Stories from Wagner Now shall ye eke the story / to me more fully say: The Nibelungen treasure, / where put ye that away? The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original It witnessed the introduction of the "Ring of the Nibelung" in its integrity and illustrated in a surprising manner the superior attractiveness of Wagner's dramas to the rest of the operatic list. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time And the folk who went with them to the city gates bade them mane tearful farewells, and returned to their homes, feeling that the sunshine had gone forever from the Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried Of all these works which have been produced with this old poem as a basis, the Ring of the Nibelungen, a group of four operas by Richard Wagner, is most famous. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 The little bird flew away in the opposite direction from where the wicked Nibelungs stood quarreling, and Siegfried joyously hurried after. Opera Stories from Wagner Who harms the Nibelungen / shall ne'er have help of me, How great soe'er the guerdon. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original The last two weeks were set apart for two consecutive representations of the dramas constituting "The Ring of the Nibelung." Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time So the queen sent word to Siegfried and his Nibelungen warriors to leave the ships and come ashore. The Story of Siegfried Beautiful effect of a gleam of sunshine lighting up a red sandbank till it glows like the Nibelungen gold. Travels in West Africa What surprise and excitement there must have been the next morning when the little black Nibelungs found that Mimi had run away and had taken all of his best tools with him! Opera Stories from Wagner Now guard you well, ye valiant / Nibelungen all. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original By that time it had taken its place with the Nibelung tragedy, having, in fact, a little less drawing power than the more popular dramas in the tetralogy. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time His heart yearned to see his father and mother once again, and then to return to his own loved Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried We saw Him at work—that young girl asleep there, and I—month after month we watched Him check and dismay the modern Pharaoh—we watched Him countermine the Nibelungen and mock their filthy Gott! In Secret In "The Flying Dutchman," "The Nibelung's Ring," and "Tannhäuser" the idea is practically his creation. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Here hath the story ending, / —that is the Nibelungen woe. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original It added no novelty to the local list, but had some interesting features, among them a serial performance of the dramas of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung," the first appearance of Mme. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time And he was as great in war as in peace; for no other people dared harm, or in any way impose upon, the Nibelungen folk, or any of his faithful liegemen. The Story of Siegfried In the Nibelungen Ring, for instance, where Brunhilda is awakened by Siegfried, I perceive the most moral music I have ever heard. Thoughts out of Season Part I Years had passed since he began work on "Der Ring des Nibelungen," and there seemed to him little prospect of that work receiving either publication or performance. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music A most conspicuous example of this union of mythical and originally historical elements is the Nibelungen saga, out of which grew in course of time the great national epic, the Nibelungenlied. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original In my opinion the Nibelungen song is as much a classic as Homer. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian If, as you said yesterday, you would fain return to Nibelungen Land, you may send your warriors on the way to-day, for they are already equipped for the journey. The Story of Siegfried I lost all interest, however, in the carrying out of this dramatic scheme directly I discovered its resemblance to the subject-matter of the Nibelungen and Siegfried myths, which possessed a more powerful attraction for me. My Life — Volume 1 The handsome copy of the Ring des Nibelungen I had intended for him lay uncut before me, and I sent it to his youngest boy, whom he had christened Siegfried. My Life — Volume 2 The Nibelungen saga is made up of two parts, on the one hand the mythical story of Siegfried and on the other the story, founded on historic fact, of the Burgundians. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Hagan, a principal character in the Nibelungen Lied, slayer of Siegfried. Legends of Charlemagne Why else should he bring so great a retinue of Nibelungen warriors to Burgundy? The Story of Siegfried It is true, he declined to receive any further instruction concerning these artistic schemes, and would not even look at my work on the Nibelungen saga. My Life — Volume 1 I longed to get well enough to be able to take in hand the completion of my combined Nibelungen poem. My Life — Volume 2 The Siegfried myth is the oldest portion of the Nibelungen saga, and had already passed through a long period of development before its union with the story of the Burgundian kings. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original He sat down to the piano and began to play softly the Castle motive from the Nibelung's Ring. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns It is but a week until he takes his leave of us, and goes back to his own home in Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried Later on I published this fairly extensive essay with the title of Die Nibelungen, but in working it out I finally lost all inclination to elaborate the historical material for a real drama. My Life — Volume 1 I remained unshaken in my resolve to produce my Nibelungen dramas just as though the present operatic stage did not exist, since the ideal theatre of my dreams must of necessity come sooner or later. My Life — Volume 2 By the Rhine Siegfried is born, there he wins the Nibelungen hoard, and in Frankenland he finds the sleeping valkyrie. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original After a little correspondence, my mother allowed me to take Frau von Mach with me to Berlin to hear the Ring der Nibelungen. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One When all the guests had gone, and the daily routine of idle palace-life set in again, Siegfried began to talk of going back to Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried So the two princes of the Nibelungs bade him welcome, and would have him divide the treasure among them. Heroes Every Child Should Know I was not allowed to stop reading on the following days until the Ring des Nibelungen was quite finished. My Life — Volume 2 By the Rhine, too, he enters into service with the Nibelungen kings and weds their sister. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original In such circumstances, my only hope is the speedy success of the Hartel affair in connection with the "Nibelungen," which had been broken off. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 The dwarf Alberich, who kept the fortress against Siegfried's return, and who watched the Nibelungen treasure, which was stored in the hollow hill, arose, and donned his armor, and hurried to the giant's help. The Story of Siegfried And for his wages they gave him the Nibelungs' sword. Heroes Every Child Should Know This Nibelungen work spurred me to the attempt. My Life — Volume 2 In the title of the poem 'Nibelungen' is simply equivalent to 'Burgundians': the poem relates the downfall of the Burgundian kings and their people. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original I must weep when I think of the interruption of your "Nibelungen." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Golden, indeed, and most glorious, was that summer-time; and long to be remembered was Siegfried's too brief reign in Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried Once upon a time riding alone, with none to help him, he came upon the treasure of the Nibelungs. Heroes Every Child Should Know Just then I was prompted to send the venerated philosopher a copy of my Nibelungen poem. My Life — Volume 2 Originally the Nibelungen were, as their name, which is connected with nebel, 'mist', 'gloom', signifies, the powers of darkness to whom the light-hero Siegfried fell a prey. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Perhaps you might on the same occasion hand a copy of my "Nibelungen" poem to the King. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 His name is Siegfried; and he is king of the Nibelungens, and lord, by right, of the great Nibelungen Hoard. The Story of Siegfried It had been newly taken out of the hollow of a mountain, and the Nibelungs were making ready to share it. Heroes Every Child Should Know Still, we achieved something, and my friends had an occasional foretaste of my Nibelungen music. My Life — Volume 2 After Siegfried obtains possession of the treasure the name Nibelungen is still applied to Alberich and the dwarfs who guard it and who are now Siegfried's vassals. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original It is just the same with my "Nibelungen." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Hasten, then," said Siegfried, loosing him from his bonds,—"hasten, and arouse my Nibelungen hosts. The Story of Siegfried In the autumn of 1848 I sketched for the first time the complete myth of the "Nibelungen", such as it henceforth belongs to me as my poetic property. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 Princess Caroline, too, seemed to set extraordinary store on being quite clear as to the actual intrigue concerning the fate of the gods in my Nibelungen. My Life — Volume 2 The interest in the various incidents of the Nibelungen story was sufficient to keep it alive among the people and hand it down orally through many generations. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original He - do! is hammering in my head I can enjoy nothing else, either old or new, and dream only of the "Ring of the Nibelung," which God's grace may soon vouchsafe to me. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 And on the morrow the ship touched land; and Siegfried bade his companions a short farewell, and went ashore with four and twenty Nibelungen chiefs, who were to ride with him to Burgundy. The Story of Siegfried Then the Nibelung grows furious, he robs the gold, and takes it with him into the depths. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 I had risen to this bold idea after negotiations on which I entered about that time with Hartel, the music publishers at Leipzig, for the sale of my Nibelungen compositions. My Life — Volume 2 It is now generally admitted, however, that the pioneer of Nibelungen investigation fell here into over-positive refinements of literary criticism. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Let me finish my "Nibelungen;" that is all I desire. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 For many days, and through many strange lands, rode Siegfried and his Nibelungen chiefs. The Story of Siegfried The performance of my Nibelung dramas will have to take place at a great festival, to be arranged perhaps especially for the purpose of this performance. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 For the time being we had sounded a sort of funeral peal over the Nibelungen by playing so much of it, and it was now completely laid aside. My Life — Volume 2 In the Northern Edda and in the German Nibelungenlied the Nibelungen saga found its fullest and most poetic expression. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Nothing appears more adapted to the achievement of this purpose than the sale of my "Nibelungen" to Hartel, whom I have asked to settle with me according to his own judgment. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 And the gallant Nibelungen warriors, when they heard that their liege lord had come again, sprang up joyously, and girded on their armor, and hastened to obey his summons. The Story of Siegfried The task of developing to a dramatic trilogy and of setting to music the Nibelung epic is worthy of you, and I have not the slightest doubt as to the monumental success of your work. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 It was settled that I should take up the Nibelungen work when Tristan was finished, and I thought it my duty to find out some way of making my future existence easier. My Life — Volume 2 Nearly all of these have already vanished as so much chaff from the winnowing-mill of time: only two, perhaps, are now considered seriously, namely, Hebbel's Die Nibelungen and Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Write your "Nibelungen," and be content to live on as an immortal! Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Then he dismounted from Greyfell, and, with his Nibelungen earls, was shown into the grand hall, where they were entertained in a right kingly manner. The Story of Siegfried You need not be ashamed of hanging on my wall; at present I have there only Beethoven, besides the Nibelung design by Cornelius. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 On looking afresh into my Nibelungen poem I recognised with surprise that the very things that now so embarrassed me theoretically had long been familiar to me in my own poetical conception. My Life — Volume 2 A brief account of the Nibelungen strophe may not be out of place here, owing to the fact that its character has generally been misunderstood. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original I shall have no further trouble with the Hartels, as I have determined finally to give up my headstrong design of completing the "Nibelungen." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 One day a party of strangers came to Siegfried's Nibelungen dwelling, and asked to speak with the king. The Story of Siegfried As regards my "Nibelung" drama, you, my good, sympathetic friend, regard my future in too rosy a light. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 We played and sang together; he accompanied me in some of his songs, and my compositions for the Nibelungen seemed to please him. My Life — Volume 2 The metrical character of the Nibelungen strophe is thus due to its fixed number of accented syllables. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original I was told several times, and positively assured, that everything would be done here to further your efforts, and especially to effect the performance of "The Nibelungen" and of "Tristan." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 But he did more than rule over the Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried My work also pleases me again; my Nibelung tetralogy is completely designed, and in a few months the verse also will be finished. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 We also had a good deal of music together, as in Billow I had at last found the right man to play Klindworth's atrocious arrangement of my Nibelungen scores. My Life — Volume 2 The valiant Nibelungen / fell by the hero's hand, Schilbung and Nibelung, / from royal sire sprung; Deeds he wrought most wondrous / anon when his strong arm he swung. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original When will the French edition of your three operatic poems appear, and what publisher undertakes the edition of the "Nibelungen?" Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 My own Nibelungen Land is all I want. The Story of Siegfried Do not therefore hesitate on your account or on my account to publish the "Nibelung" tetralogy as soon as it is finished. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 In the course of a few days the loose proof-sheets of my Nibelungen work duly arrived, and the Grand Duchess's intimates met at four tea-parties to hear me read it, and listened with sympathetic attention. My Life — Volume 2 The hoard of King Nibelung / entire did they bear Forth from a mountain hollow. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original First of all, however, "Tristan" must be finished, engraved, and performed, and after that we will, without delay, take the "Nibelungen" affair seriously in hand, and set it right to your satisfaction. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Thoughts of the Nibelungen Land, and of his faithful liegemen who waited for his return, began to fill his mind. The Story of Siegfried Be at peace with yourself, and soon publish your "Nibelung" poem, in order to prepare the public and put it in the proper mood. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 This extraordinarily prolific artist proposed to include the Nibelungen among his many subjects for illustration, and I wished first to make him acquainted with my interpretation of this cycle of legends. My Life — Volume 2 Then gave they him for hire / King Nibelung's sword. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Receive him kindly as one of "ours," and reveal to him your "Nibelungen" treasure, on which he is worthy of gazing with heart and soul. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 This is the great Nibelungen Hoard, which our father not long ago brought from the South-land. The Story of Siegfried Write your "Nibelungen," and care about nothing else. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 They had got the Nibelungen hoard; and with it the Nibelungen curse. Roman and the Teuton Then he bade the treasure / to draw and bear away Thither whence 'twas taken / by the Nibelungen men. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original I have managed to get a copy of your "Nibelungen." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 This is Siegfried the brave, the Prince of the Lowlands, and the Lord of Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried How far have you got with your "Nibelungen"? Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 Thus at last they too have reached the forecourt of the Roman Empire, and are waiting for their turn at the Nibelungen hoard. Roman and the Teuton In all the land of Nibelungen / the story soon was bruited round. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Pardon, for example, my not having thanked you before for sending me Muller's copy of my "Nibelungen." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 And the Nibelungen folk welcomed him everywhere with glad shouts and music and dancing; and ten thousand warriors, and many noble earl-folk, came to meet him, and plighted their faith to him. The Story of Siegfried You are truly a wonderful man, and your "Nibelungen" poem is surely the most incredible thing which you have ever done. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 We shall see now how he has his chance at the Nibelungen hoard. Roman and the Teuton With him of Nibelungen / a thousand stately men there went. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original For several years all my steps and efforts in that direction have been in vain; otherwise, not only "Tristan" but "The Ring of the Nibelung" would be in existence and do wonders. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 It was settled that Siegfried with his twelve Nibelungen chiefs, and a thousand picked men, should go forth to battle against their boastful enemies. The Story of Siegfried WEYMAR, February 20th, 1853 The Princess read your "Ring of the Nibelung" the first day from beginning to end, and is full of enthusiasm for it. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 They had had enough of Italy, poor fellows, and of the Nibelungen hoard. Roman and the Teuton Then for the Nibelungen / did trouble and sore need abound. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Whether, after that, my "Nibelungen" will appeal to me again I cannot foresee; it depends upon moods over which I have no control. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 The twelve great giants who had stood as watchmen upon the peaks above were rushing down to avenge their masters, and to drive the intruder out of Nibelungen Land. The Story of Siegfried Please let me have two words to say whether you have received a parcel, sent from here on February 11th, and containing several copies of my new poem, "The Ring of the Nibelung." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 |
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