{"product_id":"wagner-and-his-isolde-paperback-9781108078559","title":"Wagner and his Isolde (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108078559","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWagner and his Isolde\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1905 translation of Wagner's intense letters to the poet Mathilde Wesendonck, muse for one of his greatest operas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGustav Kobbé (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108078559, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe German poet Mathilde Wesendonck (1828–1902), author of the texts of the Wesendonck Lieder, was the wife of Wagner's patron, the wealthy silk merchant Otto Wesendonck. From 1852 until 1858, the Wagners lived next to the Wesendoncks in Zurich and an intense relationship developed between Wagner and Mathilde, subsequently reflected in the impossible love at the heart of his opera Tristan und Isolde. Prepared by the American musicologist Gustav Kobbé (1857?1918), who provides a helpful connecting narrative, this 1905 translation of a selection of 'the most intimate and striking' of Wagner's impassioned letters to Mathilde charts the course of the opera's creation. Written between 1853 and 1863, the letters show Wagner thinking aloud not only about Tristan but also the planning of Parsifal. As Mathilde's letters to Wagner were destroyed, the exact nature of their relationship and of her inspiration musically will never be fully established.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAuthor's note\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tristan und Isolde in real life\u003cbr\u003e 2. A lovely exile in Venice\u003cbr\u003e 3. The moan of a breaking heart\u003cbr\u003e 4. An intermezzo at Lucerne\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vicissitudes in Paris\u003cbr\u003e 6. Such stuff as dreams are made of.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266200850712,"sku":"9781108078559","price":24.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108078559i_786875af-5ca9-498b-a3cb-54a6dfaa4772.jpg?v=1696751686","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wagner-and-his-isolde-paperback-9781108078559","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}