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The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde Chafe, Eric (Professor, Professor, Brandeis University)
The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Chafe, Eric (Professor, Professor, Brandeis University)
Chafe argues that Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is a musical and dramatic exposition of metaphysical ideas inspired by Schopenhauer. The book is a critical account of Tristan, in which the drama is shown to develop through the music.
344 pages, numerous music examples
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 13, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195176476 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 344 |
| Dimensions | 171 × 243 × 26 mm · 635 g |
| Language | English |