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Richard Wagner

Tristan and Isolde English Horn Solo  Play

Armando Vazquez Clarinet

Recorded on 09/19/2010, uploaded on 09/19/2010

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

Wagner pioneered advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, which greatly influenced the development of European classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Wagner's influence spread beyond music into philosophyliterature, the visual arts and theatre. He had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which contained many novel design features. It was here that the Ring andParsifal received their premieres and where his most important stage works continue to be performed today in an annual festival run by his descendants. Wagner's views on conducting were also highly influential.