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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chafe, Eric Thomas, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde.

Wagner, Richard.

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.

Schopenhauer, Arthur.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentous turnaround, principally as a result of his discovery of Schopenhauer. Many of Schopenhauer's ideas, especially those regarding music's metaphysical significance, resonated with patterns of thought that had long been central to Wagner's aesthetics, and Wagner described the entry of Schopenhauer into his life as ""a gift from heaven."" Chafe argues that Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is a musical and dramatic exposition of metaphysical ideas inspired by Schopenhauer. The first part of the boo

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Path to Schopenhauer; 2. Tristan and Schopenhauer; 3. Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg I: Minne; 4. Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg II: Honor; 5. The Desire Music; 6. The Prelude: A Musico-poetic View; 7. Tragedy and Dramatic Structure; 8. The Two Death Motives; 9. Musico-poetic Design in Act 1; 10. Act 2, Scene 1: Night and Minne; 11. The Love Scene in Act 2: Transition and Periodicity; 12. Tristan's Answer to King Mark: Moral and Philosophical Questions; 13. Act 3: Musico-poetic Design; 14. Love as Fearful Torment; 15. The Road to Salvation

Appendix: Transcriptions from the Compositional Draft of Act 2, Scene 2Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

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

ISBN:

0-19-029200-8

0-19-971136-4

9786611769710

1-281-76971-1

OCLC:

437096429