A slow fugue whose subject uses all twelve notes of the chromatic scale makes up the "Of Science" section of this piece, and other section titles include "Of the Backworldsmen" and "The Convalescent."
A slow fugue whose subject uses all twelve notes of the chromatic scale makes up the "Of Science" section of this piece, and other section titles include "Of the Backworldsmen" and "The Convalescent." A solo violin features prominently in the section "The Dance Song" and this work ends with an alternation of B major and C major chords. However, the most famous part is the opening, in which four trumpets, playing the rising figure C-G-C, are answered with massive orchestral chords and timpani beats.  FTP, identify this tone poem by Richard Strauss inspired by a book by Nietzsche and used at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey,
A slow fugue whose subject uses all twelve notes of the chromatic scale makes up the "Of Science" section of this piece, and other section titles include "Of the Backworldsmen" and "The Convalescent."
Also sprach Zarathustra (or Thus Spake Zarathustra)