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'''''Die Walküre''''' is the second of the four operas that comprise ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' ("The Ring of the Nibelung"), by [[Richard Wagner]]. | '''''Die Walküre''''' is the second of the four operas that comprise ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' ("The Ring of the Nibelung"), by [[Richard Wagner]]. | ||
During the 1930s, the [[Inklings]] members [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[C.S. Lewis]] apparently began working on a translation of '' | During the 1930s, the [[Inklings]] members [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[C.S. Lewis]] apparently began working on a translation of ''Die Walküre''.<ref>Stefan Arvidsson, ''[[Draksjukan|Draksjukan. Mytiska fantasier hos Tolkien, Wagner och de Vries]]'', p.148</ref><ref>Alex Ross, "[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/12/22/031222crat_atlarge?currentPage=1#ixzz0uWWEbKTn The Ring and the Rings: Wagner vs. Tolkien]", in ''The New Yorker'', December 22, 2003</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:38, 24 July 2011
Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ("The Ring of the Nibelung"), by Richard Wagner.
During the 1930s, the Inklings members J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis apparently began working on a translation of Die Walküre.[1][2]
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References
- ↑ Stefan Arvidsson, Draksjukan. Mytiska fantasier hos Tolkien, Wagner och de Vries, p.148
- ↑ Alex Ross, "The Ring and the Rings: Wagner vs. Tolkien", in The New Yorker, December 22, 2003