He was in his forties before he tried his hand at popular works, and first achieved notice with Peter Quidams Rheinfahrt (Peter Quidam's Rhine Journey; 1877).
All the high spots were hit, from "Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey" to that same Siegfried's "Death and Funeral Music."
Britten's "Four Sea Interludes" have, like Siegfried's Rhine Journey, left their original operatic context to enjoy a robust career in the concert hall.
Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981, ISBN 978-0-03-056894-7) was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, recognising the year's best novel.
Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981)
This is part of "Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey".
In "Gotterdammerung," the house lights blazed during the Rhine Journey and other orchestral interludes, focusing attention on the conductor and the musicians rather than on the unbroken thread of music drama.
That way, "Dawn" and "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" (in "Gotterdammerung") might actually take place near dawn.
The last thing you need at Siegfried's Rhine Journey is a blood-sugar attack.
In "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from Wagner's "Gotterdammerung," the sweep of heroic adventure is inimitably projected by an unstoppably youthful octogenarian.