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The tragic and the ecstatic [electronic resource] : the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde / Eric Chafe.

By: Chafe, Eric Thomas, 1946-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2004Description: viii, 3330p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde | Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 | Music -- Philosophy and aestheticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 782.1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.