Richard Strauss tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra

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Richard Strauss's tone poem "Also sprach Zarathustra" is a late-Romantic orchestral work, famous for its powerful opening fanfare and its philosophical inspiration from Nietzsche’s treatise of the same name.

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instanceOf late-Romantic composition
orchestral work
tone poem
basedOn Thus Spoke Zarathustra
basedOnAuthor Friedrich Nietzsche
catalogCode TrV 176
closingKeyArea B major
C major
composer Richard Strauss
composerNationality German
countryOfOrigin Germany
dateComposed 1896
dedicatedTo Arthur Seidl
duration approximately 30 minutes
famousFor opening fanfare
firstPerformanceDate 27 November 1896
genre program music
symphonic poem
influencedBy philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
keyOfOpening C major
languageOfTitle German
laterPublisher Universal Edition
movementCount 9
notableAdaptationDirector Stanley Kubrick
notableAdaptationUse 2001: A Space Odyssey
surface form: film 2001: A Space Odyssey
notableFeature conflict between B major and C major at the end
openingSection Sunrise
surface form: Sonnenaufgang
opusNumber Op. 30
orchestrationFeature expanded brass section
large late-Romantic orchestra
prominent organ part
period Late Romantic
philosophicalTheme conflict between man and nature
eternal recurrence
Übermensch
placeOfPremiere Frankfurt am Main
premiereConductor Franz Wüllner NERFINISHED
premiereOrchestra Frankfurt Museum Orchestra
publisher Joseph Aibl
structure Das Grablied
Das Tanzlied
The Convalescent
surface form: Der Genesende

Introduction
Nachtwandlerlied
Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften
Von den Hinterweltlern
Von der Wissenschaft
Von der großen Sehnsucht
titleTranslation Thus Spoke Zarathustra
yearOfPremiere 1896

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra inspired Richard Strauss tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra
2001: A Space Odyssey notableMusic Richard Strauss tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra
this entity surface form: "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss