Tragic and the ecstatic : the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, The

Music Wagner, Richard, Schopenhauer, Arthur, e-böcker
Oxford University Press
2005
EISBN 9780195346527
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.
Covers the philosophical and literary underpinnings of Wagner's and Schopenhauer's story. This work explores Schopenhauer's metaphysics and Gottfried van Strassburg's Tristan poem. It turns to the events in the opera, providing tonal and harmonic analyses to reinforce its interpretation of the drama. It also creates an account of Ristan.
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.
Covers the philosophical and literary underpinnings of Wagner's and Schopenhauer's story. This work explores Schopenhauer's metaphysics and Gottfried van Strassburg's Tristan poem. It turns to the events in the opera, providing tonal and harmonic analyses to reinforce its interpretation of the drama. It also creates an account of Ristan.
