Tod und Verklärung Richard Strauss / Arr. Christiaan Janssen

Titel / Title: Tod und Verklärung
Untertitel / Subtitle: Opus 24
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series
[EN]'Tod und Verklärung' (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 'Tod und Verklärung', 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'.
[DE]Tod und Verklärung', op. 24, ist eine Tondichtung für großes Orchester von Richard Strauss.
Strauss begann mit der Komposition im Spätsommer 1888 und vollendete das Werk am 18. November 1889. Das Werk ist dem Freund des Komponisten Friedrich Rosch gewidmet. Die Musik stellt den Tod eines Künstlers dar. Auf Strauss' Wunsch wurde dies in einem Gedicht des Komponistenfreundes Alexander Ritter als Interpretation von 'Tod und Verklärung' beschrieben, nachdem es komponiert worden war. Während der Mann im Sterben liegt, gehen ihm Gedanken an sein Leben durch den Kopf: seine kindliche Unschuld, die Kämpfe seiner Männlichkeit, das Erreichen seiner weltlichen Ziele; und am Ende erhält er die ersehnte Verklärung 'aus den unendlichen Weiten des Himmels'.


'Tod und Verklärung' (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 'Tod und Verklärung', 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'.