In Reply to: Nice Move posted by Newey on October 28, 2015 at 21:45:20:
King Marke discovers Tristan having sex with his wife in Act 2. Wagner defers the Tonic right at the "point of no return." The cadence is completed, finally, at the very end of the opera, after Tristan is dead.
It's a famous moment with which any freshman music student would be familiar, and very relevant to our discussion.
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Follow Ups
- You'd have to know the actual story of Tristan to get the inside joke - jdaniel@jps.net 09:03:44 10/29/15 (5)
- You're Right - Newey 20:41:09 10/29/15 (4)
- BTW, if you have no time for immorality, how do you tolerate Wagner & Co? When Sieglinde... - jdaniel@jps.net 21:24:03 10/29/15 (3)
- RE: BTW, if you have no time for immorality, how do you tolerate Wagner & Co? When Sieglinde... - Newey 22:10:22 10/29/15 (2)
- The witticisms are one's only reward, otherwise your posts are pure sophistry, at least when you dare venture - jdaniel@jps.net 06:42:19 10/30/15 (1)
- Cut And Paste What????? [nt] - Newey 19:15:06 10/30/15 (0)