Tristan und Isolde

[ tris-tuhn uhnd i-sohld, ih-sohl-duh, -tan; German tris-tahn oont ee-zawl-duh ]

noun

1. a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.

Example Sentences

To so judge literature would be tantamount to loving “Tristan und Isolde” because one is fond of the timbre of horns.

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"Tristan und Isolde" and "Parsifal" are constructed upon a chromatic scale.

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Wagner left Siegfried asleep in the forest in order to embark on the funereal vessel of Tristan und Isolde.

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He hardly uttered a word, for the others discussed "Tristan und Isolde" until he hated Wagner's name.

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In one passage in "Tristan und Isolde" Wagner divides his first and second violins into sixteen groups.

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