Wagner's Tristan and Isolde . leted score — wasachieved in Lucerne, where it was begun April9 and completed August 6, 1859, thus occupy-ing a bit less than four months, which periodincluded even the transcribing of clean copyfor the publishers. These days were com-paratively happy ones for Wagner; at leastthey represented a lull between two storms:the episode of his flight from Zurich wasbehind him, and his wretched Paris Tann-hauser experience had not yet occurred toscar his nature with deeper artistic disappoint-ment. So, relieved of the stress of harrowingincidents and freed of the unhappy
Wagner's Tristan and Isolde . leted score — wasachieved in Lucerne, where it was begun April9 and completed August 6, 1859, thus occupy-ing a bit less than four months, which periodincluded even the transcribing of clean copyfor the publishers. These days were com-paratively happy ones for Wagner; at leastthey represented a lull between two storms:the episode of his flight from Zurich wasbehind him, and his wretched Paris Tann-hauser experience had not yet occurred toscar his nature with deeper artistic disappoint-ment. So, relieved of the stress of harrowingincidents and freed of the unhappy presenceof his wife, his energies spurted toward acompletion of the work that had obsessed himfor two vears. The note of hopeless tragedy is knelledforth by the opening music of this act. Thebeginning spreads a most arid sense of deso-lation. There is no moment of consolation tobe sought in this episode: it is the veryblankness of despair. Its chief theme is that of Solitude : [3i6] hie music] TRISTAN AND ISOLDE [chap, viii.
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