V.
Woe

Von Wolzogen:
Frohn-motive (Bondage)
Cooke:
Woe / Servitude
Sabor:
Grief
Holman:
Woe / Servitude
Stone:
Woe Motif

Stone:
Siegmund’s Misfortune

Holman:
Bride’s Lament

Stone:
Hunding’s Suspicion

Stone:
Wotan’s Bitterness

Von
Wolzogen: Schicksalsfrage
(‘questioning of fate’)
Cooke:
Fate
Sabor:
Fate
Holman:
Fate
Stone:
Fate
Comment:
The second staff is the more developed tympani theme that Sabor
identifies as the Crisis Motive.

Von Wolzogen:
Sterbegesang (‘deathsong’)
Cooke:
The Annunciation of Death
Sabor:
Death
Holman:
Annunciation of Death
Stone:
Judgement

Stone: Siegmund’s Rebellion
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