The Tragic And The Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution Of Wagner's Tristan And Isolde - Couverture rigide

Chafe, Eric

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195176472 ISBN 13 : 9780195176476

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2005

Synopsis

During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentus 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 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 book covers the philosophical and literary underpinnings of the story, exploring Schopenhauer's metaphysics and Gottfried van Strassburg's Tristan poem. Chafe then turns to the events in the opera, providing tonal and harmonic analyses the reinforce his interpretation of the drama. Chafe acts as an expert guide, interpreting and illustrating most important moments for his reader. Ultimately, Chafe creates a critical account of ristan, in which the drama is shown to develop through the music.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Eric Chafe is a Professor of composition at Brandeis University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195176472
• ISBN 13: 9780195176476
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Allemagne