Strauss' transliteration of Nietzsche

Follow us for a weekly analysis of some of our favourite musical moments. Today we are presenting an analysis of a passage from Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra. In this brief movement, Strauss makes extensive use of his large harmonic palette including augmented sixths, linear chords, distant modulations, and mediant transformations.    / @-momentsmusicaux-   Richard Strauss (1864–1949) Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: II. Von den Hinterweltlern Recording: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons DISCLAIMER: Also sprach Zarathustra was written in 1883 and not 1833 as it displays at the end of the video. Apologies!