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Lot 247

WAGNER (RICHARD)
The Nibeling's Ring English Words, 4 parts in one vol.

23 May 2012, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Footnotes

"The only version approved by Wagner and the first translation into any language" (advertisement leaf for The Ring at the end of Tristan, quoting commendations from Wagner, Swinburne, von Bulow and others.

Morris's violent denunciation of Forman's gift is cited in Kelvin 216, 12 November: "...the idea of a sandy-haired German tenor tweedledeeing over the unspeakable woes of Sigurd... I wish to see Wagner uprooted..."

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