That is why The Ring Cycle is of ever-increasing
importance to music-lovers in our times. Its theme is the death of the gods,
and what the gods have bequeathed to us, namely, the knowledge of, and longing
for, the sacred. Until we recognise sacred moments, Wagner implies in this
monumental work, we cannot live fully as free beings. These moments are the
foundation of all our attempts to endow human life with significance.
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