Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Love Death (Vorspiel und Liebestod)

Description

Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the K�nigliches Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich on June 10, 1865 with Hans von B�low conducting. Wagner referred to the work not as an opera, but called it "eine Handlung" (literally a drama, a plot or an action). The Prelude and Liebestod is a concert version of the overture and Isolde's act 3 aria, "Mild und leise". The original arrangement for orchestra was by Wagner himself, and it was first performed in 1862, several years before the premiere of the complete opera in 1865. This arrangement for band was completed by Dan Godfrey in 1909. Reprint edition.