Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, TrV 233, Op. 64
Composer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Format: Full Score Instrumentation: Orchestra Work: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), TrV 233, Op. 64 Binding: ISMN: 9790004216477 Size: 10.6 x 14.2 inches Pages: 204 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description Richard Strauss's last completed tone poem is regarded as the pinnacle of his art of orchestration: "Now I've finally learned to orchestrate," he himself is once supposed to have said about it after the dress rehearsal. The single-movement Alpine symphony that we know today ultimately evolved – over almost 15 years – from the original drafts of an artist's tragedy, titled "Der Antichrist. Eine Alpensinfonie [The Antichrist. An Alpine Symphony]" up to the stage of the last sketches. with unprecedented plasticity, the work showcases a (metaphysical?) mountain hike with stops in the forest, at the waterfall, on the alpine pasture and, of course, at the summit. Apropos alpine pastures: up to