The tragic and the ecstatic : the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde / Eric Chafe.
| Author/creator | Chafe, Eric Thomas, 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description | viii, 333 pages : music ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| 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 |