What happened in the 1870s?
🎵 Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle Premieres (1876): The evolution of music and leitmotif use.
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Further Reading
Der Ring des Nibelungen - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Ecstatic frenzy over Wagner's "Ring Cycle" premieres (si.edu)
The Ring Cycle: How Wagner Changed the World (smithsonianassociates.org)
Wagner's Ring Cycle Leitmotifs, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (youtube.com)
Leitmotives for "Der Ring" cycle - Classical Music Forum (talkclassical.com)
Der Ring des Nibelungen: composition of the music - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Wagner's Ring: Forging an Epic | The Morgan Library & Museum (themorgan.org)
Richard Wagner: the composer who shook the opera world (classical-music.com)