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Tannhäuser
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Tannhäuser [ˈtænˌhɔɪzə]
n
(Biographies / Tannhäuser (13th-century-13th-century) M, German, MUSIC: minnesinger) 13th-century German minnesinger, commonly identified with a legendary knight who sought papal absolution after years spent in revelry with Venus. The legend forms the basis of an opera by Wagner


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He covers some familiar recital territory--"die First ist um" from Der fliegende Hollander, "O du, mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhauser and Wotan's "Abschied" from Die Walkure--as well as tracts usually left to complete recordings: two long Amfortas laments from parsifal Acts I and III and the Wanderer's final dismissal of Erda at the outset of Act III of Siegfried.
The famously sensual prelude to Tristan must be Wagner's best-known piece of eroticism, but we forget Tannhauser at our peril.
With his reputation as formidable among warriors and irresistible to women, Tannhauser reaches Carla la Penaultier, a French noblewoman who hires him to seek the illegitimate son she gave up at birth, living somewhere in Malta.
 
 
 
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