The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
- Author: Chafe, Eric
Book
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Contents
- 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 Musicopoetic View
- 7. Tragedy and Dramatic Structure
- 8. The Two Death Motives
- 9. Musicopoetic Design in Act One
- 10. Act Two, Scene One: Night and Minne
- 11. The Love Scene in Act Two: Transition and Periodicity
- 12. Tristan's Answer to King Mark: Moral and Philosophical Questions
- 13. Act Three: Musicopoetic Design
- 14. Love as Fearful Torment
- 15. The Road to Salvation