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The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
The Tragic and the Ecstatic The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Author: Eric Chafe
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 aes...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195176476
ISBN-10: 0195176472
Publication Date: 9/15/2005
Pages: 344
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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