München
composer: Richard Strauss
Ein Gedächtniswalzer für großes Orchester, o.op. 140
2. Fassung
Premiere: March 31, 1951 Wien (A) · Conductor: Fritz Lehmann · Wiener Symphoniker
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. · 3 · Bassklar. · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Trgl. · Glsp.) - Hfe. - Str.
Publisher: Fürstner Musikverlag GmbH
Duration: 10' 0''
Year of composition: 1945
Edition: full score
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Delivery rights: distribution rights for Germany, Gdańsk, Italy, Portugal, the follow-up states of the USSR except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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The original version of this work was composed as an “occasional waltz” for the film München which was banned at short notice by Hitler and Goebbels. This second version dating from 1945 alludes to the destruction of the composer’s native city in air raids and thereby unites both the political and personal memories of Richard Strauss. This is particularly borne out by the trio added to this version “Minore – in memoriam”. The gentle flow of the waltz is repeatedly interrupted by loud and dissonant chords. The music is a reflection of the emotional interplay between remembrance and destruction.
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