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Re: Knecht & Beethoven
Posted by Ralph Moore on May 4, 2020, 3:12 pm, in reply to "Knecht & Beethoven"
As I understand it, "Knecht" has the even more derogatory connotation of "slave", hence Wotan's contemptuous dismissal of Hunding with "Geh hin, Knecht! Knie vor Fricka".