Example 8. Motifs and passages which accompany Tristan and Isolde’s initial “glance“ (after drinking the “love potion” near the end of Act I) and their subsequent illicit “night of love” (in Act II). These motifs form the basis for “musical memories” that the lovers will subsequently recall later in the music drama. Except for a handful of tonally associative themes (see below), most recurrences are freely transposed.

POTION / GLANCE | DEATH / BLISS | TRÄUME / DAY | SUN CONCEALED / HOLY NIGHT | REPOSE / DEATH SONG

d.	SUN CONCEALED motif (166/1/1-4). Two versions of HOLY NIGHT motif; the first rearranges the three original “Tristan chords” while second uses only two Tc’s.