Liebestodn.

/ˈliːbəstəʊt/

Forms: Also liebestod.

Etymology: German, lit. ‘love's death’.

An aria or a duet proclaiming the suicide of lovers (see also quot. 1964); hence, such a suicide; also figurative.

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1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 6 Dec. 2/5 Isolde's 'Liebestod' was a failure.

1928 in D. McCarthy Drama (1940) 112 Each pair sinks into the euthanasia of a matter-of-fact liebes-tod.

1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvi. 283 Yet this festival opera [sc. Aïda] ends pianissimo and con sordini with a Liebestod, which is not Romantically philosophical, but purely human.

1959 Listener 20 Aug. 280/2 Would the imagination..not die a Liebestod at the very moment it attains its goal?

1964 H. Rosenthal & J. Warrack Conc. Oxf. Dict. Opera 223/2 Liebestod, the title used today for Isolde's death scene in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, but used by Wagner of the mystic love duet in Act 2.

1971 G. Steiner In Bluebeard's Castle i. 25 It is permissible to see..in the Wagnerian Liebestod surrogates for the lost dangers of revolutionary action.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	liebestod
释义	Liebestodn. /ˈliːbəstəʊt/ Forms: Also liebestod. Etymology: German, lit. ‘love's death’. An aria or a duet proclaiming the suicide of lovers (see also quot. 1964); hence, such a suicide; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > love-song ronc1225 love songa1350 love-layc1450 Liebestod1889 torch song1927 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 6 Dec. 2/5 Isolde's 'Liebestod' was a failure. 1928 in D. McCarthy Drama (1940) 112 Each pair sinks into the euthanasia of a matter-of-fact liebes-tod. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvi. 283 Yet this festival opera [sc. Aïda] ends pianissimo and con sordini with a Liebestod, which is not Romantically philosophical, but purely human. 1959 Listener 20 Aug. 280/2 Would the imagination..not die a Liebestod at the very moment it attains its goal? 1964 H. Rosenthal & J. Warrack Conc. Oxf. Dict. Opera 223/2 Liebestod, the title used today for Isolde's death scene in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, but used by Wagner of the mystic love duet in Act 2. 1971 G. Steiner In Bluebeard's Castle i. 25 It is permissible to see..in the Wagnerian Liebestod surrogates for the lost dangers of revolutionary action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1889
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