Don Quixote
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Don Quixote is a tone poem by Richard Strauss that musically depicts the adventures and delusions of Cervantes’ iconic knight-errant through a series of symphonic variations.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don Quixote (Strauss) | 0 |
| Don Quichotte | 1 |
| adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral work
ⓘ
tone poem ⓘ |
| basedOn | Don Quixote (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Miguel de Cervantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TrV 184 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | German ⓘ |
| countryOfPremiere | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfPremiere | 1898-03-08 ⓘ |
| depictsCharacter |
Don Quixote
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sancho Panza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Joseph Aibl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
program music
ⓘ
symphonic poem ⓘ |
| hasFinale | yes ⓘ |
| hasIntroduction | yes ⓘ |
| instrumentRepresentingDonQuixote | solo cello ⓘ |
| instrumentRepresentingSanchoPanza |
bass clarinet
ⓘ
tenor tuba ⓘ |
| key | E-flat major ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| movementType |
finale
ⓘ
theme ⓘ variation ⓘ |
| musicalDepictionOf |
Don Quixote’s defeat
ⓘ
Don Quixote’s vigil NERFINISHED ⓘ flock of sheep ⓘ penitents procession ⓘ windmills ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous symphonic variations
ⓘ
use of solo cello as protagonist ⓘ |
| numberOfVariations | 10 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 35 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra ⓘ |
| period | late Romantic ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Franz Wüllner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereOrchestra | Gürzenich Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
Also sprach Zarathustra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | theme and variations ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adventures of a knight-errant
ⓘ
delusions of Don Quixote ⓘ |
| title | Don Quixote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | 40–45 minutes ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1897 ⓘ |
| yearPremiered | 1898 ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American Ballet Theatre
this entity surface form:
Don Quichotte
this entity surface form:
adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
subject surface form:
"It's All the Same"