The tragic and the ecstatic : the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

The tragic and the ecstatic : the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde / Eric Chafe.

Author/creator	Chafe, Eric Thomas, 1946-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description	viii, 333 pages : music ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860. Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.
LCCN	2004007871
ISBN	0195176472 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780195176476

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Music Stacks	ML410.W14 C43 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold