I would be grateful for donations of any size, small or large, to help defray the cost (1) of maintaining this website, (2) and to finance my
past and present research which produced my book posted here, Volume One of "The Wound That Will Never Heal," and my forthcoming revision of Volume One (to be submitted for publication), and completion of Volume Two on Wagner's six other canonic operas and music-dramas. I sacrificed at least seven years of paid employment and incurred debts to complete this project, and am currently unemployed, so I thank you in advance for any financial help you can provide. Your friend, Paul Heise.
Introduction
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The Wound That Will Never Heal
A Comprehensive musico-dramatic study of Richard Wagner’s ‘The Ring of the Nibelung,’ with additional chapters on each of Wagner’s six other music-dramas and romantic operas
by
Paul Brian Heise
In Three Volumes
Volume I: The Ring of the Nibelung
(comprising:)
The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, and Twilight of the Gods