Tragic and The Ecstatic : The Musical Revolution Of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

Tragic and The Ecstatic : The Musical Revolution Of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

Chafe, Eric.

Oxford University Press  ©2005

Chafe exposes the influence of Schopenhauer's philosophy on Wagner and the composer's understanding of Gottfried's poem Tristan und Isolt. The composer portrays a metaphysical journey through the opera's musical development rather than the drama. Music examples, appendix, index., facsimiles, bibl.

344 p.; 25 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 0195176472
ISBN13: 9780195176476

Tragic and The Ecstatic : The Musical Revolution Of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

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