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Liebestod

Noun

Meaning

Liebestod (plural Liebestode)

(music, literature) An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

And in Liebestod, which must be one of the most memorable swan songs in all of modern fiction, he not only succeeds in this task but “illuminates the mystery of our common humanity and mortality.” Source: Internet

The long-awaited completion of this cadence series arrives only in the final Liebestod ("Love-Death"), during which the musical resolution (at "In des Welt-Atems wehendem All") coincides with the moment of Isolde's death. Source: Internet

The Liebestod can be performed either in a purely orchestral version, or with a soprano singing Isolde's vision of Tristan resurrected. Source: Internet

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