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Ein Heldenleben

March 1, 2020 · by Chris Weeks | in Classical music, Orchestral, Tone Poem | tagged Ein Heldenleben, Richard Strauss

Poor old dragon! While Don Quixote’s (see the previous post) heroic dragon slaying activity was tilting (at windmills and sheep and pilgrims and monks), the particular ‘dragon’ that the hero (Ein Heldenleben = A Hero’s Life) of Strauss’s next tone poem attempts to slay is an altogether easier(??) but no less pernicious target – music […]

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In domestic harmony

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