The tragic and the ecstatic : the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde /
Chafe, Eric Thomas,1946-
New York : Oxford University Press,
2008, c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.
The path to Schopenhauer -- Tristan and Schopenhauer -- Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg I: Minne -- Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg II: Honor -- The desire music --  The Prelude: a musico-poetic view -- Tragedy and dramatic structure -- The two death motives -- Musico-poetic design in Act 1 -- Act 2, Scene 1: night and Minne -- The Love Scene in Act 2: transition and periodicity --  Tristan's answer to King Mark: moral and philosophical questions --  Act 3: musico-poetic design -- Love as fearful torment -- The Road to salvation.
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.
Music