The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

Author:   Eric Chafe (Professor of Composition, Professor of Composition, Brandeis University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195343007


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   12 August 2008
Format:   Paperback
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The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde


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Author:   Eric Chafe (Professor of Composition, Professor of Composition, Brandeis University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780195343007


ISBN 10:   019534300
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   12 August 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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"""In this comprehensive study of Tristan und Isolde Eric Chafe has created a text that will serve as a point of reference for generations of scholars when they refer to this seminal work...Chafe has created a model investigation that will enable listeners to return to Wagner's familiar score and reclaim for themselves the nuances in the opera."" --Tristania"


Chafe has much to offer.... The combination of Chafe's careful reading of Schopenhauer and a deep familiarity with the Tristan score yields considerable insight. --Christopher Morris, The Wagner Journal<br>


In this comprehensive study of Tristan und Isolde Eric Chafe has created a text that will serve as a point of reference for generations of scholars when they refer to this seminal work...Chafe has created a model investigation that will enable listeners to return to Wagner's familiar score and reclaim for themselves the nuances in the opera. --Tristania


In this comprehensive study of Tristan und Isolde Eric Chafe has created a text that will serve as a point of reference for generations of scholars when they refer to this seminal work...Chafe has created a model investigation that will enable listeners to return to Wagner's familiar score and reclaim for themselves the nuances in the opera. * Tristania *


<br> In this comprehensive study of Tristan und Isolde Eric Chafe has created a text that will serve as a point of reference for generations of scholars when they refer to this seminal work...Chafe has created a model investigation that will enable listeners to return to Wagner's familiar score and reclaim for themselves the nuances in the opera. --Tristania<br>


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Eric Chafe is a Professor of composition at Brandeis University

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