Strauss' transliteration of Nietzsche

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Today we are presenting an analysis of a passage from Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra. In this brief movement, Strauss makes extensive use of his large harmonic palette including augmented sixths, linear chords, distant modulations, and mediant transformations.
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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: II. Von den Hinterweltlern
Recording: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
DISCLAIMER: Also sprach Zarathustra was written in 1883 and not 1833 as it displays at the end of the video. Apologies!

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@luizcadu Ай бұрын

"In which key are you in?" Strauss: "Yes!"

@Dylonely42 Ай бұрын

Haha, but in this way, they actually manage to compose some of the most touching music ever (Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Mahler as well :)

@maniak1768 4 күн бұрын

The orchestration of this section is amazing, but almost hilariously over-the-top. Strauss at his best.

@kennethschechter352 Ай бұрын

this section in particular is my fav of this work. love your videos!

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for the feedback.

@biko45 Ай бұрын

Strauss' chromaticism is so beautiful that it takes me to somewhere heaven-like place. Thank you for your great analysis, as always.

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback!

@jeremysolomon2686 Ай бұрын

I'm so happy you did an analysis on this! This is my all-time favourite moment in the classical repertoire. Great work as always!

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

We are so grateful you wrote this back to us! Thank you!

@andreswainselboim9217 Ай бұрын

Great video as always... This piece reminded me of Metamorphosen, also by Strauss, and like this one a very interesting piece to analyze harmonically. Constantly fluctuating tonality and a whole assortment of modulation tricks.

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew ;)

@adlfm Ай бұрын

I wish I'd had access to analysis videos like this when I was teaching myself harmony

@ChristopherCiampoliMusic Ай бұрын

at 1:22 the Aflat turns the chord into a Ger. 6+ in C minor.

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

Well spotted!

@nikosgeorgakopoulos9580 Ай бұрын

🙏

@Sasty Ай бұрын

amazing

@emilerose1714 Ай бұрын

Great stuff ! Juste a little correction the book was written in 1883 not 1833. Cheers !

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

Oh dear! Of course! That was a typing error, I’ll put it on the description. Thank you!

@mynameisjack0618 Ай бұрын

I think the Credo is a quote from Bach’s Mass in B minor.

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

That's right, and same pitches too! Strauss liked to make quotations.

@robertschaaf8606 5 күн бұрын

@@-MomentsMusicaux- No. It's straight Gregorian. Credo II.

@oskarmarszaek9580 Ай бұрын

Hello, love this video, it brought me to tears Which recording is this, specifically? I see a KZbin recording of a live performance dated 2020 and an album released 2023 (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra & Metamorphosen) from Concertgebouw / Jansons Or did you perform any additional processing on the audio from one of these two? I ask because here when the strings enter they sound "fuller" (almost like they are playing tutti), whereas in the other recordings I listed + those from other recordings it doesn't have the same effect (and as a result, I keep returning here ;) )

@Quotenwagnerianer Ай бұрын

It's in the Video Description.

@oskarmarszaek9580 Ай бұрын

@@Quotenwagnerianer Right, Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, - Recording: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons. And there is a live version of this orchestra/director performing this on KZbin from 2020 as well as a recording from 2023 and both sound different to this snippet

@-MomentsMusicaux- Ай бұрын

Hi! The audio we use is from the live performance, recorded on 10 May 2012 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.