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BRUCKNER UNDER THE TARNHELM:
A discussion of the extent to which Bruckner was under Wagner's spell
Ken Ward
Music Examples - Audio Files:
Music example 1 – Adagio, Bruckner 8 – 'Siegfried'
Music example 2 – Symphony No. 3 (1873), opening.
Music example 3 - Symphony 3, piano excerpt 1st movement climax.
Music example 4 – Adagio, Symphony No. 7, dirge on Wagner tubas – repeated 3 times
Music example 5 – Symphony 3, main theme tutti.
Music example 6 – Symphony No 3 (1873), Adagio climax.
Music example 7 – Lohengrin – Gesegnet soll sie schreiten, intro.
Music example 8 – Tannhäuser – Overture, brief excerpt.
Music example 9 – Liebestod – opening phrases.
Music example 10 – Symphony 3, the 'quotation' passage.
Music example 11 – Brünnhilde's Sleep motif followed by Bruckner's 'quotation'.
Music example 12 – Tristan prelude, 'Longing' – Bruckner 7 Adagio – horn solo
Music example 13 – Symphony 6, Finale – 2nd theme group
Music example 14 – Das Rheingold 'Walhall' – Bruckner Symphony 8 Adagio tuba chorale
Music example 15 - Lohengrin Act 1 – Fanfare – “Nun höret mich und achet wohl”
Music example 16 - Bruckner 6 - 1st movement - Fanfare
Music example 17 – Siegfried – Prelude Act 2 – 'Curse' motif
Music example 18 – Bruckner Symphony 9 – 1st movement, part 2, horn theme
Music example 19 – Symphony 8 (1887), first movement development excerpt
Music example 20 – Symphony 7, 1st movement coda