Tod und Verklärung

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Tod und Verklärung is a late-Romantic tone poem for large orchestra that depicts an artist’s final moments and spiritual transfiguration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf late-Romantic composition
orchestral work
tone poem
catalogueNumber TrV 158 NERFINISHED
composer Richard Strauss NERFINISHED
composerNationality German
compositionEndYear 1889
compositionStartYear 1888
conductorAtPremiere Richard Strauss NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
dateOfCompletion 1889
dedicatedTo Friedrich Rosch NERFINISHED
depicts an artist’s final moments
spiritual transfiguration
duration approximately 25 minutes
followedBy Macbeth NERFINISHED
form through-composed
genre symphonic poem
hasSection introduction depicting illness
moment of death
struggle with death
transfiguration coda
hasTheme death motif
transfiguration theme
influencedBy Franz Liszt’s symphonic poems
isPartOf Richard Strauss’s early tone poems
key C major
languageOfTitle German
laterPublisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
movementStructure single-movement
narrativeProgram the death of an artist
the transfiguration of the soul
notableRecordingBy Herbert von Karajan NERFINISHED
Karl Böhm NERFINISHED
Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED
Rudolf Kempe NERFINISHED
opusNumber Op. 24
precededBy Don Juan NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Germany NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1890
premierePlace Eisenach NERFINISHED
publisher Jos. Aibl Verlag NERFINISHED
scoredFor large orchestra
stylePeriod Late Romantic
translatedTitle Death and Transfiguration NERFINISHED
uses expanded woodwind section
full string section
large brass section
percussion

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Richard Strauss notableWork Tod und Verklärung