Image: Wagner - Parsifal, act I - Gurnemanz and the novices - Pach Bros., N.Y. - The Victrola book of the opera

Description: Wagner - Parsifal, act I - Gurnemanz and the novices - Pach Bros., N.Y. Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches) Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records Year: 1917 (1910s) Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland Subjects: Operas Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co. Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-WAGNERS PARSIFAL Text Appearing After Image: COPYT PACH BROS., H. GURNEMANZ AND THE NOVICES ACT I ACT I SCENE—A Forest Near MonsalvatThe rise of the curtain shows Gurnemanz, a veteran Knight, with two novices, asleep.Trumpet calls from the Castle awaken them, and they join in prayer, afterward preparingthe bath with which Amfortas seeks to heal his wound. Messengers from the Castle reportthat the latest balm which he had tried failed to bring relief. Gurnemanz is much grieved,and sinks down in dejection, until he is roused by the approach of Kundry, who comes inhurriedly, dressed in sombre garments and in her normal mind, but exhausted with fatigue.She brings a new remedy which she had sought in distant Arabia. When Amfortas arriveswith his train for a bath in the sacred lake, the new balm is offered to him. He accepts andthanks the strange-looking woman for her kindness. When the procession departs thenovices attack Kundry, calling her a sorceress, but she is defended by Gurnemanz, who saysshe is devoted to the King but is su Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Wagner - Parsifal, act I - Gurnemanz and the novices - Pach Bros., N.Y. - The Victrola book of the opera
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