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Arthur Rackham's illustration to The Ride of the Valkyries. The Ride of the Valkyries (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) is the popular name of the prelude to the first scene of the third and last act of Die Walküre, the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
When Wotan arrives, the Valkyries vainly try to hide Brünnhilde. He faces her and declares her punishment: she is to be stripped of her Valkyrie status and become a mortal woman, to be held in defenceless sleep on the mountain, prey to any man who finds her. The other Valkyries protest, but when Wotan threatens them with the same, they flee.
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repeatedly to the tune of Ride of the Valkyries. Bugs sticks his head out of another rabbit hole and converses with Elmer about his spear and magic helmet. This prompts a display of Elmer-as-Siegfried's magic powers. Bugs flees in fear, and Elmer pursues. Elmer stops in his tracks at the sight of the beautiful Valkyrie Brünnhilde (Bugs in drag).
He received his early musical training as a chorister and organist under his father (a music seller, also called Edwin Lemare) at Holy Trinity Church. He then spent three years at the Royal Academy of Music from 1876 on a Goss Scholarship, where he studied under Sir George Alexander Macfarren , Walter Cecil Macfarren , Dr Charles Steggall and ...
"747" is a song by the Swedish alternative rock band Kent. [1] It serves as the final song on their album Isola and was released as third single in July 1998 with B-sides "Din skugga" and "Elever". It's been recorded both with Swedish and English lyrics. It quickly became a fan favorite, and for eight years, the band always ended their concerts ...
Jon Gosselin, 47, who is now a DJ, proposed to Lebo on Nov. 23 at her favorite restaurant, Willoughby’s on Park in Wyomissing, Pa., according to an interview the couple did with Entertainment ...
"A Song of Flight" is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1895, as his Op. 31, No. 2, with the words from a poem by Christina Rossetti. [ 1 ] The song was first performed by the Irish baritone Harry Plunket Greene in St. James's Hall on 2 March 1900, together with After , Op. 31, No. 1.