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Thus we have two derivatives from the “Siegfried” horn call, each with its own special significance, yet harking back to the original germ.
Soon after the opening of “Tristan und Isolde” a sailor sings an unaccompanied song of farewell to his Irish Maid. The words, “The wind blows freshly toward our home,” are sung to an undulating phrase which seems to represent the gentle heaving of the sea.
