1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465817203321

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

Electronic books.

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.

UNINA9911004737203321

Autore

Lemnitzer Anne

Titolo

Geo-Congress 2022 : Geoenvironmental Engineering; Unsaturated Soils; and Contemporary Topics in Erosion, Sustainability, and Coal Combusion Residuals

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781523144815

1523144815

9780784484050

0784484058

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (559 pages)

Collana

Geotechnical Special Publications ; ; v.335

Altri autori (Persone)

StuedleinArmin Wilhelm <1978->

Soggetti

Soil-structure interaction

Structural engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

GSP 335 contains 55 peer-reviewed papers on unsaturated soils and geoenvironmental engineering presented at Geo-Congress 2022, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 20-23, 2022.