A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Walküre, Die

WALKÜRE, DIE, the Walkyrie; the second piece in the Tetralogie of Wagner's 'Ring des Nibelungen.' The entire poem was completed in 1852; the music of the Walküre in 1856, and the first performance took place at Munich June 25, 1870. Of Siegfried, which follows the Walküre in the Tetralogie, the composition was completed early in 1869, and the first performance took place at Bayreuth Aug. 16, 1876.

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