Tristan and Isolde
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Days with Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner was born two-hundred and eleven years ago this 22nd of May. Beyond, and because of being one of the most controversial creative minds known to man, he has forever shaped our music, and influenced society in politics, art, and thinking. Thus, we celebrate the man – in joy, and in difficulties – by…
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“Tristan and Isolde” (Richard Wagner), premiered today in 1865
Tristan and Isolde, Tristan also called Tristram or Tristrem, Isolde also called Iseult, Isolt, or Yseult, principal characters of a famous medieval love-romance, based on a Celtic legend (itself based on an actual Pictish king). Though the archetypal poem from which all extant forms of the legend are derived has not been preserved, a comparison…
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Voice of a Young Sailor
Westwardsthe gaze wanders;eastwardsskims the ship.Fresh the wind blowstowards home:my Irish child,where are you now?Is it your wafting sighsthat swell my sails?Blow, blow, you wind!Ah, alas, my child!Irish girl,you wild, adorable girl! Voice of a young sailor(heard from a height, as if from the masthead)in “Tristan and Isolde”by Richard Wagner
Sila Blume 