Tristan (disambiguation)
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Tristan
is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.
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Tristan
Tristan is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornish hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of Britain...
is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.
Tristan may also refer to:
Literature and other media:
- Tristan, a 12th century French poem by Thomas of BritainThomas of BritainThomas of Britain was a french poet of the 12th century. He is known for his Old French poem Tristan, a version of the Tristan and Iseult legend that exists only in eight fragments, amounting to around 3,300 lines of verse, mostly from the latter part of the story...
- Tristan, another 12th century French poem by BéroulBéroulBéroul was a Norman poet of the 12th century. He wrote Tristan, a Norman language version of the legend of Tristan and Iseult of which a certain number of fragments have been preserved; it is the earliest representation of the so-called "vulgar" version of the legend...
- Tristan, a 13th century German poem by Gottfried von StrassburgGottfried von StrassburgGottfried von Strassburg is the author of the Middle High German courtly romance Tristan and Isolt, an adaptation of the 12th-century Tristan and Iseult legend. Gottfried's work is regarded, alongside Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and the Nibelungenlied, as one of the great narrative...
- Tristan (orchestral composition)Tristan (orchestral composition)Tristan is a six-movement orchestral work by the German composer Hans Werner Henze.Scored for piano, tape and full orchestra, it takes the form of a homage to Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde, with the piano providing preludes to a series of widely divergent material, both live and on...
, a composition for piano, tape and orchestra by Hans Werner Henze - Tristan (novella)Tristan (novella)Tristan is a 1903 novella by German writer Thomas Mann. It contains many references to the myth of Tristan and Iseult. The novella alludes in particular to the version presented in Richard Wagner's opera of the same name. As such, it can be seen as an ironic paraphrase, juxtaposing the romantic...
, a novella by Thomas Mann - "Tristan" (song)Tristan (song)"Tristan" is the third, and final, single from English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf's second full-length album Wind in the Wires, the singles was released on CD and limited 1000 vinyl....
, by Patrick Wolf from his second album Wind in the Wires - Tristan Farnon, a character in the works of James HerriotJames HerriotJames Herriot was the pen name of James Alfred Wight, OBE, FRCVS also known as Alf Wight , an English veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinarian to write a series of books of stories about animals and their owners...
, based on the real-life Brian Sinclair - Tristan Ludlow, the protagonist of Legends of the FallLegends of the FallLegends of the Fall is a 1994 epic drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction , and Best...
, a 1994 drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison - Tristan Taylor, the English name of the character Hiroto Honda in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise
- Tristan and IseultTristan and IseultThe legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult...
, an influential legend of romance and tragedy- Tristan & Isolde (film)Tristan & Isolde (film)Tristan & Isolde is a 2006 romantic drama film based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Isolde. It was produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, directed by Kevin Reynolds and stars James Franco and Sophia Myles, with an original music score composed by Anne Dudley...
, a 2006 romantic drama film based on the medieval romantic legend - Tristan und IsoldeTristan und IsoldeTristan und Isolde is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting...
, an opera by Richard Wagner, based on the legend- The Tristan chordTristan chordThe Tristan chord is a chord made up of the notes F, B, D and G. More generally, it can be any chord that consists of these same intervals: augmented fourth, augmented sixth, and augmented ninth above a root...
, a variant on the half-diminished chord, so named for its use in Wagner's Opera.
- The Tristan chord
- Tristan & Isolde (film)
- Tristran, a character in the novel StardustStardust (novel)Stardust is the first solo prose novel by Neil Gaiman. It is usually published as a novel with illustrations by Charles Vess. Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the...
by Neil Gaiman - Tristrant, a 13th century German poem by Eilhart von ObergeEilhart von ObergeEilhart von Oberge was a German poet of the late 12th century. He is known exclusively through his Middle High German romance Tristrant, the oldest surviving complete version of the Tristan and Iseult story in any language. Tristrant is part of the "common" or "primitive" branch of the legend, best...
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years....
, a character and novel by Laurence Sterne - Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull StoryA Cock and Bull StoryA Cock and Bull Story is a 2006 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom...
, a 2005 film based on the above novel - The Unusual Life of Tristan SmithThe Unusual Life of Tristan SmithThe Unusual Life of Tristan Smith is a novel by the Australian writer Peter Carey. It was first published by The University of Queensland Press in Australia and Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom in 1994...
, a novel by Peter Carey - The Prose TristanProse TristanThe Prose Tristan is an adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult story into a long prose romance, and the first to tie the subject entirely into the arc of the Arthurian legend...
, a 13th century French prose work - Tristan, a comic about a young man during the days of Jeanne D'Arc, by J. Pleyers (art) and J. Martin (scenario).
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- TRISTANTristanTristan is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornish hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of Britain...
, a particle accelerator in Japan that was the first site to confirm vacuum polarization around an electron - Tristan (name)Tristan (name)Tristan or Tristram is a given name of Welsh origin. It originates from the Brythonic name Drust or Drustanus. It derives from a stem meaning "noise", seen in the modern Welsh noun trwst "noise" and the verb trystio "to clatter".It became popularized through the character of Tristan, one of the...
, a moderately common male given name - Tristan AlbatrossTristan AlbatrossThe Tristan Albatross, Diomedea dabbenena, is a large seabird from the albatross family. One of the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea, it was only widely recognised as a full species in 1998.-Taxonomy:...
(Diomedea dabbenena), a large seabird from the albatross family - Tristan da CunhaTristan da CunhaTristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic group of islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying from the nearest land, South Africa, and from South America...
, a group of remote islands in the south Atlantic Ocean - Tristan IslandTristan IslandTristan Island or the Île Tristan is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid Estuary off the French port of Douarnenez in south-western Brittany. It is only about 450 m long and 250 m wide but despite its small size, it has a rich history, especially since the Middle Ages when a priory was built there...
(Ile Tristan), an island off Douarnenez in Brittany, France - Tristan Island (Antarctica)Tristan Island (Antarctica)Tristan Island is a small rocky island 0.7 miles west of Yseult Island and 0.2 miles north of the west point on Cape Jules. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Barre, 1951-52, and so named because of its twin...
, a small rocky island west of Yseult Island and north of the west point of Cape Jules - Tristan rock lobsterTristan rock lobsterThe Tristan rock lobster, Jasus tristani, is a species of rock lobster endemic to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Vema Seamount, north-east of Tristan. It is very closely related to J. paulensis and these two may represent a single species. The Tristan rock lobster features on the coat of...
(Jasus tristani), a species of rock lobster endemic to the Tristan da Cunha