1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792226403321

Autore

Chafe Eric Thomas <1946->

Titolo

The Tragic and the Ecstatic [[electronic resource] ] : The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-19-029200-8

0-19-971136-4

9786611769710

1-281-76971-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

782.1

Soggetti

Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00097662

Autore

FITTSCHEN, Klaus

Titolo

Der Schild des Achilleus / Klaus Fittschen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gottingen, : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1973

Descrizione fisica

28 p., p. di tav. ; 25 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia