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

The Tragic And The Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution Of Wagner's Tristan And Isolde
Tags: Eric Thomas Chafe

Argues that Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is a musical and dramatic exposition of metaphysical ideas inspired by Schopenhauer. The book is a critical account of Tristan, in which the drama is shown to develop through the music.