Chapter 10: Nothung

Part of the Wagnerism Audiovisual Companion. Most audio samples are by kind permission of Pristine Classical.

Matabosch

A poster for the Liceu's Parsifal production on Jan. 1, 1914. Courtesy of Joan Matabosch.

p. 403: Karl Muck conducting the Transformation Music from Act I of Parsifal, in a recording made at Bayreuth in 1927.

From Karl Muck Conducts Wagner (Pristine).

p. 405: Siegfried forging a sword marked "Germany — Austria," from Kladderadatsch, August 1914.

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p. 407: Wolfgang Trübner's illustration Walkürengruss (1914), showing the Kaiser surrounded by Valkyries.

Trübner

p. 413: A reading by Paul Valéry.

p. 417: Film of Gabriele d'Annunzio.

p. 422: An animated re-creation of Marinetti's Zang Tumb Tuuum.