Siegfried’s Funeral March
E804197
Siegfried’s Funeral March is a powerful orchestral passage from Richard Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung, renowned for its dramatic, solemn depiction of the hero Siegfried’s death and legacy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert work
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opera excerpt ⓘ orchestral piece ⓘ |
| associatedConductor |
Georg Solti
NERFINISHED
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Herbert von Karajan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Furtwängler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Das Rheingold
NERFINISHED
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Die Walküre NERFINISHED ⓘ Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPerformance | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | German Romantic opera ⓘ |
| depicts |
Siegfried’s death
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Siegfried’s legacy ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
brass
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strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocationWithOpera | Bayreuth Festspielhaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWithOpera | 17 August 1876 ⓘ |
| genre |
Romantic music
ⓘ
programmatic music ⓘ |
| hasKey | B minor (commonly cited) ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGerman | Siegfrieds Trauermarsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | late-Romantic orchestral writing ⓘ |
| languageOfParentWork | German ⓘ |
| movementType | funeral march ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
dense orchestral texture
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extensive use of leitmotifs ⓘ rich chromatic harmony ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf |
Der Ring des Nibelungen
NERFINISHED
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Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed as a standalone orchestral piece ⓘ |
| period | 19th century ⓘ |
| positionInWork | Act III of Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
NERFINISHED
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Berlin Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempoIndication | slow ⓘ |
| tone |
dramatic
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solemn ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
concert repertoire
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funeral and memorial occasions ⓘ |
| usesMotifFrom |
Siegfried’s leitmotif
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Valhalla motif NERFINISHED ⓘ heroic themes from earlier Ring operas ⓘ |
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