“When I commenced work on Rheingold in 1853, I was lying in bed. I felt suddenly as if I were immersed in a flood of flowing water. I imagined myself lying at the bottom of the Rhine. I could certainly feel and hear the moving, surging water sweeping over me. I was in a semi-trance condition. 4. 11. 18. When I awoke, I immediately realized that this vision was an inspiration 7.-14. - that my prelude to Rheingold had taken shape in my inner consciousness. 5.6.9.10.16.17. 1.-3. 2, 3, 11. 21, 12.-14. 22, 23, 18. 33, 19.-21. 34, 35 Then I understood the real essence of my innermost nature 7. 12, 8. 13, 15. 25 and that this vision of the rushing water was to be symbolic of my future musical creations, 6. 10, 11, 9. 14, 15, 16. 26, 27 5. 9, 6. 10, 10. 16, 17, 17. 28, 29 5. 6, 7, 10. 18, 19, 17. 30, 31 4. 4, 5, 11. 20, 21, 18. 32, 33 I understood, 5. 7, 8, 6. 11, 7. 12, 8. 13, 9. 14, 10. 17, 18, 15. 25, 16. 26, 17. 29, 30 that the stream of my life was to flow from within me.” 7.-14. 5. 9, 6. 10, 11, 7. 12, 8. 13, 9. 14, 15, 10. 16, 15. 25, 16. 26, 27, 17. 28 Richard Wagner

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