Instead of "Overture" Wagner uses
the term: Einleitung (introduction). Maybe because Wagner composed
at that time an "introduction" for each of the three acts of his operas.
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The composition of Tristan und Isolde was finished in 1859. The Prelude was premiered in 1860, the complete work in 1865. See score example x (LINK TO CORRECT LATER in section 6. Some interesting info about Tristan und Isolde you
can for instance find here
(German wiki).
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