Tristan

views updated May 29 2018

Tristan (Tristram) Hero of many medieval romances, most commonly as a knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian romances. His fatal love for the Irish Princess Isolde (or Iseult) is the subject of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde (1865). See also Arthur

World Encyclopedia

Tristan

views updated Jun 11 2018

Tristan. Preludes for pf., orch., and tape by Henze. Comp. 1973. F.p. London, 1974 ( Homero Francesch, pf., cond. C. Davis).

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

Tristram and Isolde

All Sources -
Updated Aug 18 2018 About encyclopedia.com content Print Topic

You Might Also Like