The Aesthetic Presentation of Tristan Und Isolde and Its Critique

Abstract

This paper takes Richard·Wagner's "holistic art" as the research object, uses comparative analysis to explore the controversy of Wagner's "holistic art" by comparing the application of holistic art in the opera Tristan Und Isolde and the criticism of Wagner's "integral art" and "Tristan and Isolde" in Igor·Stravinsky's lecture "Six Lectures on the Poetics of Music". Through the research results, it is found that Stravinsky and Wagner's musical stance is different, so the creative ideas alluded to in their works are also different, Wagner's revolution has brought tonality to the verge of disintegration, and Stravinsky's tonality concept is neither abandoning tonality nor sticking to tonality. The difference in the concept of the two has led to the difference in the work they create. However, they all provided new ideas for the development of opera in the late 19th century and even in the 20th century, and also opened up an important path for the preservation and innovation of the genre after the 20th century.