I might have put it differently. The Nibelungenlied was one of the sources of the Ring, and in it the heroine Kriemhild marries Attila after the murder of her husband Siegfried by her brother's vassal Hagen. Attila becomes her path to revenge, which she achieves by burning down the hall in which the visiting Burgundians are sleeping. Sound familiar?
Lisa Hirsch's Classical Music Blog.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.
Berce mollement sur ton sein sublime
Ô puissante mer, l’enfant de Dindyme!
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
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