X.                     Spear  

  Music-Spear

Von Wolzogen:  Vertragsmotiv (compact)

Cooke:  The Spear

Sabor:  Treaty

Holman:  Spear

Stone:  Spear

  Music-Agreements

Von Wolzogen:  ‘compact with the giants’

Cooke:  The Treaty

Sabor:  Troth

Holman:  Treaty

Stone:  Contract

  Music-Authority

Von Wolzogen:  ‘power of the gods’

Cooke:  The Power of the Gods

Sabor:  Authority

Holman:  Power of the Gods

Stone:  variation on spear motive

  Music-Siegmund

Von Wolzogen:  Wälsung Siegmund

Cooke: Siegmund

Sabor:  Siegmund

Holman:  Siegmund

Stone:  Siegmund’s Fatigue

  Music-Angst

Von Wolzogen:  Unmuth (‘displeasure’)

Cooke:  Wotan’s Frustration

Sabor:  Wotan’s Frustration

Holman:  Frustration

Stone:  Frustration

  Music-Hubris

Stone:  Alberich’s Hubris

 Music-Revolt

Cooke:  Wotan’s Revolt

  Music-Brunnhilde Relents

Holman:  Crisis                                                                                                                    Brunnhilde’s Defiance  

Stone:  Brunnhilde’s Compassion

  Music-Reproach                                                          Music-Raproachment

Von Wolzogen:                                                                           ‘Brunnhilde’s humble justification’

Cooke:  Brunnhilde’s Reproach                                                    Brunnhilde’s Compassionate Love

Sabor:  Wotan’s Child

Holman:  Brunnhilde’s Reproach                                                  Brunnhilde’s Love for Wotan

Stone:                                                                                           Love’s Triumph

  Music-Irritation

  Music-Blood Brotherhood

Holman:  Mission (as Blood-Brotherhood)

Comment:  this theme occurs as part of the Blood Brotherhood music and seems based on the Spear Motive.

  Music-Troth

Sabor:  Bloodbrothers

Comment:  another sub theme from the Blood Brotherhood music.

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