Text Translation: The longing for holy
night…
"Death the Liberator (a)"
"Death the Liberator (b)"
This motive is related to Motive a, but istransposed and has
slight variations in rhythm.
Motive Labels a
“Death the Liberator” – (Lavignac,
p. 302)
“The Agony of Death” – (Hight,
p. 278)
“Todessehnfucht” or “Longing
Death” – (Pfohl, p. 215)
Motive Labels b
“Death the Liberator” – (Lavignac,
p. 302)
Death the Librator – Order of occurrence by Act and Scene
Act II: Scenes 2-3
Act III: Scene 1-2
