A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Rheingold, Das

by George Grove

RHEINGOLD, DAS. The Vorspiel, or Prelude, of the Tetralogie of Wagner's 'Niebelungen Ring'—Rheingold, Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung. It was first performed at Munich, Sept. 22, 1869, under the bâton of Herr Franz Wüllner.

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