Product Description
"Also
sprach Zarathustra" is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896
and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883-1885 novel "Thus
Spoke Zarathustra". The composer conducted its first performance on 27
November 1896 in Frankfurt.
The
initial fanfare ("Introduction, or Sunrise") became well known after
its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey". The
original orchestral score starts with a sustained double low C on the double
basses, contrabassoon and Church organ. This transforms into the brass fanfare
of the Introduction and introduces the "dawn" motif (from
"Zarathustra's Prologue") that is common throughout the work: the
motif includes three notes (C, G, C) (also known as the Nature-motif).
A
recording of the original orchestral work can be found here on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-QFj59PON4.
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