Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra [Score]

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Күн бұрын

George Solti, Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
0:00 - I. Sunrise; Zarathustra emerges from his mountaintop cave after 10 years in order to rejoin humanity and share his wisdom
1:53 - II. Of Those in Backwaters; Zarathustra descends the mountain. He wants to explain the meaning of life to humanity
2:33 - Zarathustra meets a religious saint in the woods. The saint says that humanity's purpose is to follow god and religion
5:10 - III. Of the Great Longing; Humanities religious faith cannot dominate nature, but the saint cannot let go of his desire to be close to God
6:55 - IV. Of Joys and Passions; Zarathustra suggests an alternate path to humanity: to derive meaning from nature and to seek life's pleasures
8:14 - Zarathustra second-guesses himself as he isn't convinced that this is the correct path for humanity
8:50 - V. The Song of the Grave; Zarathustra trashes both of these ideas, as neither are the right answer
10:53 - VI. Of Science and Learning; Zarathustra suggests science can give humanity answers.
14:18 - VII. The Convalescent; (Fugue) Zarathustra finds that science cannot explain the meaning of life either
15:05 - Zarathustra has an existential breakdown. He retreats back to his cave as he cannot justify his existence
15:30 - He collapses
15:46 - Zarathustra slowly regains consciousness
16:51 - Zarathustra breaks out laughing. He gets up and starts to dance
19:01 - VIII. The Dance Song; Zarathustra dances to a rustic Bavarian waltz and becomes one with nature
26:30 - IX. Song of the Night Wanderer; Zarathustra transcends nature, emerging from his cave and fly's up into the cosmos. The 12 chimes signal the arrival of midnight
27:25 - Back on Earth, humanity reaches for the stars as they yearn to be as free as Zarathustra
29:51 - Humanity cannot reach Zarathustra as they can not transcend nature. They keep trying only to fail
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spoke Zarathustra) is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed during 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical treatise of the same name.
The piece is divided into nine sections played with only three definite pauses. Strauss named the sections after selected chapters of the Nietzsche's book:
"Sonnenaufgang" (Sunrise)
"Von den Hinterweltlern" (Of the Backworldsmen)
"Von der großen Sehnsucht" (Of the Great Longing)
"Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften" (Of Joys and Passions)
"Das Grablied" (The Song of the Grave)
"Von der Wissenschaft" (Of Science and Learning)
"Der Genesende" (The Convalescent)
"Das Tanzlied" (The Dance Song)
"Nachtwandlerlied" (Song of the Night Wanderer)

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@matteor.7439 11 ай бұрын

This orchestra was incredible

@iaf4454 4 ай бұрын

Yep, great sound

@tiagozawadzki Жыл бұрын

This piece describes the book very well.

@iaf4454 4 ай бұрын

Richard strauss is an incredible composer, his music is meaningfull, full of colours and ideas... like philosophy itself Thanks for uploading

@newaccounter Жыл бұрын

Nietzsche's theme song

@ritardstrength5169 10 ай бұрын

WOOOOOOO

@frankrukaj2469 Жыл бұрын

The Nature Boy Ric Flair Wooooo!

@redsupport8058 Жыл бұрын

0:00 전주곡 10:53 학문에 대하여

@themusicman102 6 ай бұрын

13:48, 13:58 I bet you didn't think a cello could play that high

@elliottherring5021 Ай бұрын

Prokofiev sinfonia concertante and Tchaikovsky rococo variations (: Both great prices of music as well.

@jonathankim4610 6 ай бұрын

14:05 cello excerpt

@MelloCello7 Жыл бұрын

4:07 - 4:32

@yoongoboongo231 Жыл бұрын

7:05-7:49

@Cunhacomposer Жыл бұрын

Certainly my biggest inspiration for writing my Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but unfortunately I'm feeling a bit unsure about my Opus.12 as it's the first time I've used the atonal mode in composition. I scan it in Musescore 4 and post it on my channel. Also the recording is very good!

@miguelsuarez8010 Жыл бұрын

I wasn't aware that this was atonal. Meaning that it changes key often?

@Cunhacomposer Жыл бұрын

@@miguelsuarez8010 it does have key changes (the piece itself starts in C major, but ends in B minor), but has lots of chromatic changes and exotic harmonys.

@miguelsuarez8010 Жыл бұрын

@@Cunhacomposer yes, that's typical of his music. I see all the instruments in c major except 2, 3 and 4. I can't distinguish them well on my cell phone.

@Cunhacomposer Жыл бұрын

@@miguelsuarez8010 I edited my comment, because i thought you was talking about my Opus.12, Zarathustra, sorry. But Strauss's Zarathustra is tonal, i think it ends in B minor or something like that.

@initsownjuices8034 3 ай бұрын

You Was ? - Hmm

@jakenowell5211 2 жыл бұрын

thank you, i dont like the recording on the other video

@RyanPower Жыл бұрын

I'm honestly not a big fan either, my favourite recording is Karajan with the BPO which I wanted to use it, but that recording has some copyright issues on youtube.

@jakenowell5211 Жыл бұрын

@@RyanPower that's alright. Thank you for putting out all of those score videos, it really is interesting to see everything

@johnockwell7168 Жыл бұрын

I agree Jake ...I know it's romantic but come on ! also the playing in the opening is a bit hit and miss.

@Dylonely42 Жыл бұрын

15:29

@SplatBoiii-dq5uj Жыл бұрын

23:00

@1004harphy Жыл бұрын

5:27

@Axelotl322 Ай бұрын

26:13 Trombone excerpt

@SplatBoiii-dq5uj Жыл бұрын

26:15

@charlesasch 5 ай бұрын

06:11 and 14:05 excerpts ;)

@SplatBoiii-dq5uj Жыл бұрын

18:20

@omaosi 24 күн бұрын

6:07

@carlosgarciareche6764 Жыл бұрын

1:50 organ fail?

@Maddenhawk Жыл бұрын

The organ doesn't play there?

@carlosgarciareche6764 Жыл бұрын

@@Maddenhawk It does but out of tune I hear.

@marshalltrogers Жыл бұрын

@@carlosgarciareche6764 Those are double basses in tremolo, not the organ. They're not out of tune, just playing very rapidly.

@carlosgarciareche6764 Жыл бұрын

@@marshalltrogers Page 3 bar 3, organ plays C major chord extended alone, and it seems to be something out of tune. However it is indeed uncommon that an organist plays wrongly a simple major chord haha. It is weird. 1:42

@newworld6422 Жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong

@8Aorlando 12 күн бұрын

0:19 DIRECTION: SPIRIT OF GOD (Revelation 19:11-16) ALTERNATIVE HISTORICAL SCRIPT: SPIRIT OF GOD (John 16:13-15) THEOPNEUSTA: SPIRIT OF GOD (Isaiah 5:26; Joel 3:2; Zephaniah 3:8; Zechariah 14:2) ART DIRECTION: SPIRIT OF GOD (Exodus 28:3; 31:6; 35:10; 1 Chronicles 29:5) THE TITLE: THE THIRD WORLD WAR (Armageddon) DRIVING THEME: The White Sharks: the Beast(the Nephilim Marine Corps) that rose from the sea(the United States Marine Corps).(Revelation 13:1-10) The Northern Kingdom of the Holy Land. (Daniel 11:40). The Black Hawks: the Beast(the meralim) that rose from the Earth(the forces of the US 10th Mountain Division).(Revelation 13:11-18) The Southern Kingdom of the Holy Land. (Daniel 11:40). The maximum representative (nephilim) of the anarchy (insubordination and paramilitary) of the Sea (the Navy) over the world. (1 Samuel 15:23; Job 24:13; Psalms 33:16-17; Daniel 9:5) The maximum representative(meralim) of the hierarchy(subordination and authoritarianism) of the Earth(the army) over the world.(Ecclesiastes 5:8; Daniel 4:17; Mark 10:42) ACTION THEME: Nations invented pretexts to sin against God (Jesus Christ). (Ecclesiastes 7:29) Villain (Dominator) in essence, hero (savior) in appearance. Hero (Savior) in essence, villain (dominator) in appearance. Evil places (war criminals) in essence, kind places (legitimate war criminals) in appearance. Good places (legitimate war) in essence, evil places (war criminals) in appearance. MOTTO: "Winning the war by the strength of God (Jesus Christ), losing the war by the strength of men (carnal)." (Zechariah 4:6) (the Black Hawks) "Winning the jihadi (holy war) by the weapon (atomic bomb) of Allah (God)." (1 Samuel 2:9) (the White Sharks) "Society (civilization) with its values (paying evil for evil) of the weak (Christians) will not be able to prevail against the forces of evil (organized crime) in the world (reality)". (the Übermensch) "Only with my values (repaying evil with impiety and paying for sin with death) will the strong (idolaters, profane and blasphemers) be able to prevail over the forces of evil (organized crime) in the world (reality)."( Genesis 3:22; Proverbs 17:11; Romans 6:23 )(the Übermensch) "No wounded soldier is abandoned on the battlefield." (the leader of the Black Hawks) "A wounded soldier is dead weight." (the leader of the White Sharks) "Man (soldier) hates to feel fear (Samael), but even so (afraid) the condors (young men) came to the holy war without courage (perfect Faith in God)." (Psalms 46:1-3) "If you don't have the Faith of God (Jesus Christ) don't come into direct confrontation with the White Sharks army." Because, without a doubt, you apostate already lost the battle and risked your life in vain at the right time. (the Leader of the Black Hawks) (Psalms 46:1-3) "You apostate has already lost your life and put the lives of all your companions at risk (apostasy) in direct armed combat against enemy soldiers, White Shark suicide bombers in the battle."(the Leader of the Black Hawks) (Psalms 46:7,11) "Do not come to jihad (the holy war) betting (without faith in God) that you will win because the White Sharks army came to battle with all faith in Allah (God)." (Psalms 48:5-7; Jeremiah 50:9; Ezekiel 32:12)(the Leader of the Black Hawks) "If you think you are men just because you have sex with your women, then wait until you enter the battlefield, you will get your pants wet." (Jeremiah 50:30,37; Ezekiel 30:17) (the Leader of the White Sharks) "I only send it because I already did it, no. I am not a man (paramilitary leader) to order men (soldiers) to do military service for myself (general officer). Because if you want impeccable service (battle), go do it yourself (general) (of privates)." (2 Samuel 21:15-17)(The leader of the White Sharks) INSIGNIA: Shield, sword and black hawk.(Black Hawks) Axe, studded club and white shark.(Isaiah 10:15)(White Sharks) SUBTITLE: "The apotheosis (Shekhinah) of God (Jesus Christ) will kill the whole world." (Prophet Edin) (Hebrews 1:3-7; Revelation 20:11-15) MACGUFFIN: The spear of Destiny (the Key to Heaven).(Matthew 16:19) The Tricuspid (the Key of the Abyss. (Revelation 9:1) DRAMATIC PREMISE: "Ombudsmanstar, your mission is to convert the world." (The prophet Edin). POINT OF VIEW: "You (Ombudsmanstar) were an idiot (unwise) man (meralim) because you tried to prevent the inevitable: The whole world must die." (the Übermensch) "Ombudsmanstar, deliver the coup de grace against society (civilization). Completed was the coup de grace against the world." (the leader of the White Sharks) ATTITUDE: TURNING POINT I:(2 Thessalonians 2:6-8) Frontispiece: "Satan waited for the exact day and time to strike Jason Vooheers' grown-up arrogance." "You committed wickedness in the name of your wounded arrogance." (2 Thessalonians 2:3) Driver Sharivan(the wielder of the Spear of Destiny) drove in his BMWi8 electric car, leaving MT Pleasant radio observatory, in Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia, bound for Woolloomooloo Bay in Port Jackson.

@tiborvisi7438 Жыл бұрын

The upbeat note at the beginning is wrong just like with most recordings. It is a SEMIQUAVER, not a crotch or a quaver. Strauss emphasised this many times, that's why his preffered conductor was KARL BÖHM/BOEHM. This recording is not that. Sorry, admirer lol

@kevinp.8970 6 ай бұрын

Are you a richard strauss expert?

@rogerstrukhoff4716 5 ай бұрын

I hustled over to a Boehm recording, and indeed you are correct. I have to say it sounds snappier and more explosive this way, and was no doubt what Strauss had in mind. I then listened to Karajan and the VSO's version for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Herb seems to split the difference between an eighth and a sixteenth note. Georg goes full boat eighth note - he was not above a little over-dramatization and showboating, as we know, and he apparently thought this was the way to go. This doesn't make me crazy, though. I do have a bug up my nose about the trumpet opening, which is marked p, then mf, then f. And Boehm once again gets the player to follow the score. But I personally like it better if it were mp, mf, and f - Herseth seems to play it this way for Solti. I think the problem here is that the opening is so simple it allows for excruciating scrutiny over every detail. All great conductors are anal-retentive enough to make the many thousands of necessary decisions about dynamics, balance, tempo and the rest, most of which go straight over the heads of people who think conductors just wave their arms around. Even though avid listeners often have immediate opinions about tempos in particular, it's rare we analyze things to the nth degree. The Zarathustra opening is one of those places where we can.