Wagner Ring Motifs
The Ring and its Symbols by Roger Donington: As numbered in William Mann's bi-lingual edition of the texts: As numbered in Lawrance Collingwood's 1931 recording of 90 Motifs: As numbered in Hans von Wolzogen's 1911 book Der Ring des Nibelungen: Donington ( Wagner's 'Ring' and its Symbols, Faber, 1963) gives 91 motifs, ordered by their groupings and relationships. Mann (in his translation of the texts, for the Friends of Covent Garden, 1964) gives 73, numbered roughly in order of first appearance. Collingwood (in his recording 90 Motives from the Ring, London Symphony Orchestra 1931, HMV C223...