This piece is based on an unfinished verse play of Nikolaus Lenau.
At this work's climax, a fortissimo B dominant 7th chord is followed by a pianissimo A minor chord and brief minor-key coda. Poetic excerpts including the lines "the fuel is all consumed / and the hearth is cold and dark" were originally published with its score. This work's most famous theme is first presented over halfway through by unison fortissimo horns, and begins with a leap up an octave to a long G, followed by the descending line [read slowly] F, E, D-F, E [short pause] D. This piece is based on an unfinished verse play of Nikolaus Lenau. It begins on the "e" of beat 1 with an infamously difficult C major unison upward flourish for the strings, before lurching into the home key of E major. This work was composed alongside a work based on Macbeth, and was followed by its composer's Death and Transfiguration. For 10 points, name this tone poem by Richard Strauss that depicts a womanizer.
At this work's climax, a fortissimo B dominant 7th chord is followed by a pianissimo A minor chord and brief minor-key coda.
Don Juan