name of piece
also sprach Zarathustra
Composer
Richard Strauss
Young life
-Father encouraged Strauss to be musical and see performances
-self taught writer as young as 4
Musical characteristics
-biggest works have tone poems
-relies heavy on French horn
-German rep in concerns
who inspired the works?
Freidrich Nietzsche
Characteristics of Friedrich’s work
-themes inspired by push and pull of evil
-interested in what people believe in and why
Zarathustra
-what is meaning of life?
-4 part work
-expands out into multiple works inspired by tone poems
What was the premiere like?
mixed reviews; some praised the work’s boldness while others criticized its complexity