Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Although one of Richard Strauss's most controversial works, the tone poem is also a staple of the virtuoso orchestra. This guide examines the work's intellectual background and considers the ways in which it has been received by such composers as Romain Rolland and Bartok.

• Author
• John Williamson, Julian Rushton

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 140

• Series
• Cambridge Music Handbooks

• Publisher
• Cambridge University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780521409353

• Genres
• music

• Release date
• 1993