1i0971 Sir Vieles ester 3um n Woncertoortray Se bea ath eitel vo on H. ZUMPE Ni29565, Orehe Anutubrungsrecht vorbehalan Bigent lege. MAINZ, B. 'S SOHNE. ON, PARI I SCHOTT & Go, EDITIONS SCHOTT. SCHOTT FRERES. Dao Ab- undnosdhredben dev’ wou Hl Suan TD walersagt Banwidehandlengew g wow de Veelagshandbursg!4° Finale—"Das Rheingold" . . . . . Richard Wagner (91.185) “Dag Rheingold,” the frst of the four Wagner musie dramas which com- ‘pose The Ring of the Niebelungen, was completed in January, 1894, and was frst performed in. Munich, September 22, 189. The story is concerned with the treasure of gold stolen from its guardian Rhine maidens by the Niebelang dwarf Alberich whom they had told that only he who foreswore love could ‘obtain possession of the treasure which, fashioned into 2 ring, would confer tnlimited power on its owner. Wotan, in order to assure himself a secure place from which he can govern the world has had the giants Fasolt and afner build 'a great citadel for himself and the gods, promising them in reward Freia, goddess of youth and beauty. When the giants arrive to claim their payment, Wotan pute them off He has sent Loge arotind the world to obtain Fomething the giants would accept iv few of Frela, and the messenger returns ‘while Wotan is temporizing wil them. Loge narrates the story of Alberich, Who has stolen the Rhinegold and fashioned it into a ring, The giants are ia. flamed with desire to obtain this powerful ring, and agree to renounce their claim to Freis f Wotan will wrest the treasure from Alberich and give it 10 them. Wotan obtains the ring by cunning, but Alberich, in his ensuing wrath, 2 the sing and all its futere possessor. In the fourth and last scene of "Das Rheingold." the giants are given possession of the ring, and the eurse begins to work. Pafner and Fasolt quar rel over it and the latter is slain. Horror falls on the onlooking gods and Donner conjures a thunder-storm. Ae the clouds disappear a blindingly radi fant rainbow is seen to stretch from the valley to Wotan's castle, Walhall Bleaming in the setting stn es at this point that the exerpt from the opera played thie evening, begins. Wotan tails the citadel, and led by Wotan and Fricka, the gods pass slowly to Walhalla over the rainbow. From below is heard the mournful cry of the Rhine maidens, heres of thelr precious treasureEINZUG DER GOTTER IN WALHALL aus dem Musik-Drama DAS RHEINGOLD ' en RICHARD WAGNER. Sehr missig. a “8 Bearbeitet von H. ZUMPE = PLOTEN. 2 HOBOEN. 2 CLARINETTEN in B. FAGOTTE, a HORNER BASS-TUBA. BECKEN. PADKEN. HARFE, 4: VIOLINEN. 2 VIOLINEN, ean es EN BRATSCHEN. VIOLONCELLE. CONTRABASSE. 1. SCHOTT'S SHR. in Min