Treesolde of Cornwall
Hey there Steemitricians,
since you all met Treestan on one of my last posts, I want you to meet Treesolde of Cornwall. Treesolde of Cornwall was married to Treeng Mark of Cornwald, but her heart was beating for Treestan of Treetany, while Treestans heart never stopped deifying her. Treestans wife at that time was called Treesolde of the White Hands. There was a time when Treestan was wounded in a battle, and his wife could not cure him. He sent for Treesolde of Cornwall, hoping that she could once again heal him. He requested that the ship coming back from Cornwall should have white sails if it carried Treesolde and black ones if it did not. Treesolde of Cornwall came to Treetany with a ship that had white sails and she was eager to meet Treestan. The ship appeared on the horizon, bearing white sails. Too sick to sit up, Treestan asked about the color of the sails. Jealous of his passion for the first Treesolde, his wife lied and said that they were black. Treestan fell into despair, believing that Treesolde had refused to help him, and died. When Treesolde of Cornwall arrived and learned of his death, she too died of grief. The two were buried in Cornwall. From Treeesolde's grave a rose tree grew, and from Treestan's came a vine that wrapped itself around the tree. Every time the vine was cut, it grew again - a sign that the two lovers could not be parted in death.
Treesolde
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Hi what a heart warming story...
Yes indeed, but its not a story I wrote, it's actually about Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda, or Tristran and Ysolt) is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting. Wagner referred to the work not as an opera, but called it "eine Handlung" (literally a drama, a plot or an action), which was the equivalent of the term used by the Spanish playwright Calderón for his dramas. Wagner's composition of Tristan und Isolde was inspired by the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer (particularly The World as Will and Representation), as well as by Wagner's affair with Mathilde Wesendonck. Widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertoire, Tristan was notable for Wagner's unprecedented use of chromaticism, tonal ambiguity, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension.
The opera was enormously influential among Western classical composers and provided direct inspiration to composers such as Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Karol Szymanowski, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg and Benjamin Britten. Other composers like Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky formulated their styles in contrast to Wagner's musical legacy. Many see Tristan as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20th century. Both Wagner's libretto style and music were also profoundly influential on the Symbolist poets of the late 19th century and early 20th century. I've just tweaked the character names into Trees so they fit better to my concept, and actually left the story as it is. (: Glad you enjoyed it @moonleesteem
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