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Chapter 3 - Zurich and Lucerne

from I - Place

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2024

By
Chris Walton
Edited by
David Trippett
David Trippett
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University of Cambridge
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After he fled the Dresden Uprising in May 1849, friends helped Wagner to settle in Zurich. He conducted the local orchestra and wrote copious essays about himself and the future of music and drama. Wagner returned to composition in 1853 with his Ring des Nibelungen, but set it aside in 1857 in favour of Tristan und Isolde, inspired by Mathilde Wesendonck, whose husband Otto had provided him with a new home next to their own. But private passion became public knowledge in 1858, forcing Wagner to abandon both Zurich and his marriage. By 1865 he was in Munich, funded by King Ludwig II. But Wagner meddled too much in the affairs of others and had to flee again. He found a new home in Tribschen outside Lucerne, where Cosima von Bülow joined him in 1868. They remained there until April 1872, when they moved to Bayreuth.

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ZurichTribschenRing des NibelungenTristan und IsoldeOpera and DramaMathilde Wesendonck
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Wagner in Context , pp. 31 - 39
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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