Richard Strauss

The score and orchestral parts are based on the thoroughly revised new edition by Hugo Buoma (Creative Commons). 2.1.2.2/2.0.0.0,str,ob solo (strings 5.4.3.2.2)

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's best-known work, "Also sprach Zarathustra!" ("Thus Spoke Zarathustra!") has been an inspiration for many composers' works, but the best known is this 1896 symp...

Subtitled "Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character," Don Quixote by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is based on Cervantes's saga of the adventures of the Don and is one of the major cello wo...

Subtitled "Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character," Don Quixote by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is based on Cervantes's saga of the adventures of the Don and is one of the major cello wo...

Written in 1881, this "Serenade" for 13 wind instruments was written by Richard Strauss when he was only 17 years old. His father, the principal horn player with Munich's court orchestra, had a select...

Written in a Bavarian mountain resort in 1898, Richard Strauss' (1864-1949) eighth tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) was a response to Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ('Eroica'). Although he played...

In 1945 Strauss allowed an orchestral Rosenkavalier Suite to be published, but he was apparently not involved in creating it. It is likely that conductor Artur Rodzinski arranged it, as he had conduct...

In 1945 Strauss allowed an orchestral Rosenkavalier Suite to be published, but he was apparently not involved in creating it. It is likely that conductor Artur Rodzinski arranged it, as he had conduct...

5 Clarinets.

5 Clarinets.

4 Clarinets.

4 Clarinets.