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Originally Posted by jujimufu
Hi there Fredrik 
If you want to talk about length... It's a piano piece, not even an orchestral piece, Satie's "Vexations", which was played on the 9th of September of 1963 by a few composers (such as John Cage and Christian Wolff) and performers (such as David Tudor, who was highly associated with John Cage). The performance actually lasted something like 19 hours. Oh, and the Ring is about 15 hours long and is usually spread out in 4 performances of 4 hours each, not played all at once  |
Hi again Jujimufu,
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Here is the correct length of the whole Tetralogy which took Richard 27 years to compose.
The Ring should be evaluated as one long story, like Tolkien's Ring!
When I bought the big black box "Wagner's Ring", I listened to all the 15 hours 30 minutes in one session (as a teenager in the 70s).
Oh, I was pretty exhausted
But I did it!
Das Rheingold: 2 hours 30 min.
Die Walkure : 4 Hours..
Siegfried : 4 Hours.
Götterdämmerung: 5 hours.
total hours: 15 hours 30 min.
Okay everybody, I'm sure there are other composers who have tried to composed a lot, but we must also take into consideration how often a work is being performed.
Der Ring des Nibelungen is played all the time constantly in most of the big opera houses of today.
One more thing, he wrote the whole libretto himself!
Now back to the root... Gustav Mahler's 3rd symphony is the longest symphony in the world! Almost 2 hours long!
Also one of the most beautiful symphonic pieces in the Viennese music history!
Don't forget to listen,
Fredrik
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