Tristan und Isolde
[ tris-tuhnuhnd i-sohld, ih-sohl-duh, -tan; German tris-tahnoont ee-zawl-duh ]
noun
a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
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To so judge literature would be tantamount to loving “Tristan und Isolde” because one is fond of the timbre of horns.
Language | Edward Sapir"Tristan und Isolde" and "Parsifal" are constructed upon a chromatic scale.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldWagner left Siegfried asleep in the forest in order to embark on the funereal vessel of Tristan und Isolde.
Musicians of To-Day | Romain RollandHe hardly uttered a word, for the others discussed "Tristan und Isolde" until he hated Wagner's name.
Melomaniacs | James HunekerIn one passage in "Tristan und Isolde" Wagner divides his first and second violins into sixteen groups.
How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. | Henry Edward Krehbiel
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