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In the opening eleven measures of the prelude to Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde there are three successive statements of a melodic motive that foreshadows, and then later accompanies, the tragic arc of the opera.
In the opening eleven measures of the prelude to Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde there are three successive statements of a melodic motive that foreshadows, and then later accompanies, the tragic arc of the opera.