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    From which composer did Richard Wagner take a great deal of material in order to create his opera 'Tristan und Isolde'?

    Question #81300. Asked by tragic_flawed. (May 31 07 8:35 PM)


    todd226

    		Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg, which in turn was based on the story of Tristan and Iseult as told in French by Thomas of Britain.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde

    May 31 07, 8:53 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		The musical material, however, comes from a wide variety of sources, among which is that of his composer/poet friend Mathilda Wesendonk, and some material from the writings of Franz Liszt.

    Jun 01 07, 2:53 AM

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