. A guide to Parsifal, the music drama of Richard Wagner; its origin, story, and music. The Music caress, of childish naivete, and not at all the ex-citing element of sensual allurement in it. When Kundry appears and calls him by hisname, Parsifal, then hearing it for the first timein the course of the drama, is reminded of his mother and we hear the Herzeleide motive (page167, last system). The Motto of Promise is re-peated. The most important feature of the scenethat follows is Kundrys long narration to Parsi-fal of his own childhood with his mother and hergrief at his departure. I^s


. A guide to Parsifal, the music drama of Richard Wagner; its origin, story, and music. The Music caress, of childish naivete, and not at all the ex-citing element of sensual allurement in it. When Kundry appears and calls him by hisname, Parsifal, then hearing it for the first timein the course of the drama, is reminded of his mother and we hear the Herzeleide motive (page167, last system). The Motto of Promise is re-peated. The most important feature of the scenethat follows is Kundrys long narration to Parsi-fal of his own childhood with his mother and hergrief at his departure. I^s_purely lyric, one ofthe few extended passages of vocal raeTody in thedrama, a passage of delicious tenderness andbeauty. (Page 175, system 2.) Its beginning isthus: XVIII. KUNDRYS NARRATIVE ^ , J — K h ^ J. ij h ^ 1 ,1 r<J!J li^- ^ ii ^r- ^r^r-r^ F^ ^ ifc^


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