XXIII.                     Combinations  

  Music-Arrogance

Von Wolzogen: ‘Nibelung’s Triumph’

Cooke:  Valhalla-Loge composite motive

Sabor:  Arrogance

Stone:  Impudence

  Music-Gods' Need

Von Wolzogen:  Götternoth (‘divine tribulation’)

Cooke:  Need of the Gods

Holman:  Struggling Against Fate

Stone:  God’s Distress

  Music-Brunnhilde's Punishment

  Music-Sing Sister

  Music-Treaty Runes

Von Wolzogen:  Vertragsrunen (‘runes of the compact’)

Cooke:  Irrevocable Law

  Music-Hagen's Deception

Holman:                                                                                                                                          Hagen Ascending

  Music-Defying Wotan

Comment: The string figuration of the second staff  seems very similar to that of Siegmund’s Rebellion in its dramatic usage, and Brunnhilde's vocal line suggests her own motive with its falling 7th.

  Music-Sworn Oath

Von Wolzogen:  Schwar   (‘oath’)

Cooke:  The Swearing of the Oath

Holman:  Oath

  Music-Siegfried's Death                                                                                     Music-Siegfried's Death II

Holman:  Death

Stone:  Death Chords

  Music-Redemption / Brunnhilde's Glory

Comment:  in Götterdämmerung the underlying harmony is modified and there are other themes that are referenced beneath this melody.

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