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The Ring / music by Richard Wagner, adapted and illustrated by John Updike and Warren Chappell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Updike, John.
- Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Juvenile literature.
- Wagner, Richard.
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
- Operas--Stories, plots, etc.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Stories, plots, etc.
- Juvenile works.
- Fiction.
- Plot summaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some colored), music ; 20 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House, Inc.], [©1964]
- Summary:
- A retelling of the operas and the legend of the mighty hero Siegfried.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- "Grateful acknowledgement is made to Sam Morgenstern who adapted the music used in this book."--T.p. verso.
- "This present adaption - attempting to simplify for children the Ring cycle's complex abundance of incident and character, of psychological nuance and philosophical overtone - concentrates upon the third opera 'Siegfried'."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- All ages -- Dust jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy preented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy has "Atha" written in ms. on p. [3].
- Other Format:
- Online version: Updike, John. Ring.
- OCLC:
- 611700
- Publisher Number:
- PML 180641
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