Leitmotives
Tristan und Isolde
fragment 1
Fragment from an unpublished letter to Frau Wesendonk of 1857
fragment 2
Prelude
tr01
a)
Motive of Grief or Sorrow -
b)
Motive of Desire
tr02
a)
Motive of the Anguish of Tristan -
b)
Motive of the Love of Tristan and Isolde (or Motive of the Look or Glance)
tr03
Motive of the Love Philtre -
a)
Motive of Death or Motive of Fate
tr04
tr05
tr06
tr07
tr08
(Act One, Scene Five)
Act One
Scene One
tr09
a)
Motive of Sea -
"Westwärts sehweift der Blick, ostwärts streicht das Schiff. Frisch weht der Wind der Heimar zu."
tr10
Motive of Isolde's Anger
tr11
Scene Two
tr12
tr13
tr14
"Wie lenkt' ich sicher deh Kiel zu König Marke's Land"
tr15
"Wer Kornwalls Kron' und Englands Erb' an Irlands Maid vermacht"
tr16
Motive of Tristan as Conqueror of Ireland -
"Hei! unsers Held Tristan, wie der Zins zahlen kann!"
Scene Three
tr17
tr18
Motive of the Sick Tristan
tr19
tr20
tr21
tr22
Scene Four
tr23
tr24
Scene Five
tr25
Motive of Isolde's Anger
tr26
tr27
tr28
Act Two
Prelude and Scene One
tr29
a)
Motive of Day -
b)
Motive of Isolde's Impatience
tr30
Motive of Love's Longing
tr31
Motive of Love's Bliss
tr32
tr33
Motivo of Frau Minne as the source and symbol of Love
tr34
tr35
Scene Two
tr36
tr37
tr38
tr39
Motive of Love's Peace
tr40
tr41
tr42
"So starben wir, um ungetrennt, ewig einig ohne End'"
tr43
"Wie es fassen, wie sie lassen, diese Wonne fernder Sonne"
tr44
Scene Three
tr45
Motive of the Gief-Stricken Marke
tr46
Act Three
Prelude and Scene One
tr47
tr48
Motive of the Distress of Tristan
tr49
tr50
tr51
Motive of Kurwenal
tr52
tr53
tr54
tr55
"Wie sie selig, hehr und milde wandelt durch des Meer's Gefilde"
tr56
tr57
Scene Two
tr58
"Tristan, der Held, in Jubelnder Kraft"
Scene Three
tr59
tr60
Entire ending
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