Sunrise -from Also Sprach Zarathustra
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Product ID: GM1 CL212
By Richard Strauss
Publisher:
Unknown
Arranger:
3 Flutes (3*), Piccolo, 3 Oboes (3*), Eb Clarinet*, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 3 Bassoons (3*), Contra Bassoon*, 6 Horns in F (5+6*), 4 Trumpets in Bb (3+4*), 3 Trombones, 2 Tubas (2*), Timpani, Percussion (Cymbals, Bass drum, Triangle)OrganStrings (Viol
Series:
Goodmusic Concert Classics
Genre:
Romantic era,
Line Up:
Unknown (Solo: Unknown)
Duration:
2:00
Level: 3
Full Score
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About this item
The opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra became well-known following its use in the Stanley Kubrick film "2001: A Space Odyssey" when portraying the dawn of Mankind. It makes a spectacular opening "fanfare" for any occasion. This edition is in the original orchestration with a typically large Strauss orchestra which is used in the remainder of the tone poem, but many of the instruments can be omitted for this opening Sunrise (as indicated above, plus others that have only a few notes) so it can be performed by a standard sized orchestra.
Instrumentation
3 Flutes (3*), Piccolo, 3 Oboes (3*), Eb Clarinet*, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 3 Bassoons (3*), Contra Bassoon*, 6 Horns in F (5+6*), 4 Trumpets in Bb (3+4*), 3 Trombones, 2 Tubas (2*), Timpani, Percussion (Cymbals, Bass drum, Triangle)
Organ
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
(* = optional)
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Composer
Richard Strauss (1864-1948)
Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and Metamorphosen. Strauss was also a prominent conductor throughout Germany and Austria.
Strauss, along with Gustav Mahler, represents the late flowering of German Romanticism after Richard Wagner, in which pioneering subtleties of orchestration are combined with an advanced harmonic style.
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