작곡가

:   Richard Strauss (리하르트 슈트라우스)

장르

:  

Orchestral

스타일

:  

Tone Poem

작곡년도

:   1888 - 1889

평균연주

:   24:02

악장

1

Largo [Happy Memories of Childhood]

5:14

2

Allegro molto agitato [Life and Death Battle]

3:38

3

Meno mosso, ma sempre alla breve [Dreams of the Dying; Death]

7:54

4

Moderato [Transfiguration]

10:37

Death and Transfiguration (), Op. 24, is a tone poem for large orchestra by Richard Strauss. Strauss began composition in the late summer of 1888 and completed the work on 18 November 1889. The work is dedicated to the composer's friend Friedrich Rosch. The music depicts the death of an artist. At Strauss's request, this was described in a poem by the composer's friend Alexander Ritter as an interpretation of Death and Transfiguration, after it was composed. As the man lies dying, thoughts of his life pass through his head: his childhood innocence, the struggles of his manhood, the attainment of his worldly goals; and at the end, he receives the longed-for transfiguration "from the infinite reaches of heaven".
Strauss conducted the premiere on 21 June 1890 at the Eisenach Festival (on the same program with the premiere of his Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra). He also conducted this work for his first appearance in England, at the Wagner Concert with the Philharmonic Society on 15 June 1897 at the Queen's Hall in London.

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