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Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103

187020 min

This guide follows Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 (1870) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (members), Karina Canellakis (2020)

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Sonata form0:06–20:27

The A begins the piece softly, like a melody waking slowly at first light. Variants of it follow, and then it . A of shorter B themes starts next, and then the themes (K). The long reaches its peak at the point marked N2 breakthrough. The brings the themes back. In the the A melody comes round once more before the final chord.

  1. : A
  2. : A variants

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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