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Chafe, Eric Thomas, 1946-

The tragic and the ecstatic the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde / [electronic resource] : Eric Chafe. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2004. - viii, 3330p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.

The path to Schopenhauer -- Tristan and Schopenhauer -- Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg I : Minne -- Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg II : Honor -- The desire music -- The Prelude : a musico-poetic view -- Tragedy and dramatic structure -- The two death motives -- Musico-poetic design in Act 1 -- Act 2, Scene 1 : night and Minne -- The Love Scene in Act 2 : transition and periodicity -- Tristan's answer to King Mark : moral and philosophical questions -- Act 3 : musico-poetic design -- Love as fearful torment -- The road to salvation.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Personal Names:
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde.
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: ML410.W14 / C43 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.1