Wagner's Tristan und Isolde |
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Author:
| Dry, Wakeling |
Series title: | Nights at the Opera Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4928-8151-3 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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An excerpt from Chapter V. Music and Story - Side by Side: IN the wonderful prelude which is heard before the rising of the curtain we have a foretaste of the emotional music which throbs and glows throughout the work. It is made up of seven motives, but one (which is divided into two phrases, the "Confession of Love and Desire") dominates the whole. This second half (which, in the prelude, is a natural completion of the first) will be readily recognized under...
More DescriptionAn excerpt from Chapter V. Music and Story - Side by Side:
IN the wonderful prelude which is heard before the rising of the curtain we have a foretaste of the emotional music which throbs and glows throughout the work. It is made up of seven motives, but one (which is divided into two phrases, the "Confession of Love and Desire") dominates the whole.
This second half (which, in the prelude, is a natural completion of the first) will be readily recognized under its many and varied forms in the drama. It is at once ineffably sad and intensely passionate.
As in the drama, Wagner makes a special point, in the music, of the glance which passes between the lovers, and by which they learn of the love which absorbs them before the drinking of the philtre.