Chabrier’s interest in Wagner dated from 1862, when as a study exercise he copied out the score of Tannhäuser. In early 1880 he requested time off from his ministry job to visit Munich that March with Duparc and other friends to go to a performance of Tristan und Isolde as it could only be seen there. The experience was a musical revelation for Chabrier. Chabrier, as assistant to Charles Lamoureux, helped in the rehearsals for the concert performances in Paris of Act I (1884) and Act II (1885) of Tristan und Isolde.

Date of composition 1887 (1885-1887)
Premiered 1887
Catalogue D 57
Arrangement of Richard Wagner: Tristan and Iseult, WWV 90
Instruments Piano
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Autotranslations beta Emmanuel Chabrier: Souvenirs de Munich, quadrille, D 57
Emmanuel Chabrier: Souvenirs de Munich, quadrille, D 57
Emmanuel Chabrier: Souvenirs de Munich, quadrille, D 57