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Allen Dunning's numbered Guide to the Ring's Musical Motifs
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The Ring

Introduction

The Rhinegold
The Valkyrie
Siegfried
Twilight of the Gods

Epilogue - Critical Reviews of Philip Kitcher's and Richard Schacht's 'Finding an Ending,' and of Roger Scruton's 'The Ring of Truth.'

References
Appendix I
Appendix I I

Key Colour Coding

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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.

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Click on any highlighted items in tables of contents to see the corresponding section of the book
Click on any citation of the 178 numbered musical motifs [#118, for instance] to see the motif's musical notation and hear its mp3 recording
Click on any citation of an extract from Ludwig Feuerbach [113F, for instance] or Richard Wagner [455W, for instance] to see the original quotation in chronological context in Appendix II.