Nibelungen March - Gottfried Sonntag

Nibelungen-March - Gottfried Sonntag

Gottfried Sonntag, a in military musician in Bayreuth, created a (concert) march from some of the central musical motifs of the 'Ring'. In those days this was a frequent way of making music from stage works more accessible to a wider public or of exploiting its popularity. Moreover, Richard Wagner expressed his approval of arrangements of his works for wind band.