Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Part of Cambridge Opera Handbooks
- Editor: Arthur Groos, Cornell University, New York
- Date Published: May 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521437387
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Wagner's Tristan und Isolde occupies a singular position in the history of Western culture. What Nietzsche called the 'sweet and terrible infinity' of its basic nexus of longing and death has fascinated audiences since its first performance in 1865. At the same time, its advanced harmonic language, immediately announced by the opening 'Tristan chord', marks a defining moment in the evolution of modern music. This accessible handbook brings together seven leading international writers to discuss the opera's genesis and the libretto's relationship to late Romantic literary concerns, present an analysis of the Prelude, the music of the drama itself, and Wagner's innovative use of instrumental timbre, and illustrate the production history and reception of the music-drama into the twenty-first century. The book includes the first English translation of Wagner's draft prose of the libretto, a detailed discussion of Wagner's orchestration, and rare pictures from important and influential productions.
Read more- Written in a lively and engaging style to appeal to scholars and students, performers and opera-going audiences alike
- Contains the first English translation of Wagner's prose draft of the libretto, making the development of the libretto accessible to an English readership for the first time
- Leading scholars present discussions on different aspects of the opera, providing a variety of different approaches
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'How good it is to see the Cambridge Opera Handbooks series revived … Arthur Groos' edition of Wagner's prose draft of the libretto provides a fascinating insight into his working methods.' Classical Music
See more reviews'Each [essay] is a considered, thought-provoking exploration of one or more aspects of Tristan, carefully argued and generously annotated.' Opera
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- Date Published: May 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521437387
- length: 228 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 138 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.32kg
- contains: 14 b/w illus. 1 table 28 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Arthur Groos
Synopsis: Wagner's prose draft (1857)
1. Public and private life: on the genesis of Tristan und Isolde and the Wesendonck Lieder John Deathridge
2. Between memory and desire: Wagner's libretto and late Romantic subjectivity Arthur Groos
3. The Prelude and the play Joseph Kerman
4. In the realm of the senses: sight, sound, and the music of desire in Tristan und Isolde Thomas Grey
5. A mantle of sound for the night: timbre in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde Jürgen Maehder
6. Staging Tristan Stewart Spencer
7. Tristan's traces Steven Huebner
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