Seven leading international writers discuss the genesis, libretto and music, and performance and reception history of Wagner's Tristan.

George Ainslie Hight offers an insightful essay on Richard Wagner's iconic opera, "Tristan und Isolde.

The legendary love story is presented in full orchestral score with complete instrumentation. Commentary by Felix Mottl, great Wagnerian conductor and scholar. Reprinted authoritative edition prepared by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, ca. 1910.

Focusing on harmony and chord progression, the book drills down into the diatonic undercurrent beneath densely chromatic and dissonant surfaces.

Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint.