ThetonepoemsofRichardStraussrankwiththefinestorchestralcompositionsevercreated.Thisvolumeconvenientlybringstogetherforthefirsttimethreeofthesemajorworks,reproducedfromcompleteandauthenticfirsteditions.Neverbeforehavetheseimportantworksbeenavailableinafull-sized,inexpensiveedition.IncludedinthisvolumeareTillEulenspiegelslustigeStreiche(TillEulenspiegel’sMerryPranks);AlsosprachZarathustra(ThusSpakeZarathustra);andEinHeldenleben(AHen’sLife).AlsoincludedarenewEnglishtranslationsofthepreambletoAlsosprachZarathustra,instrumentation,originaltitlepages,andthecomposer’smusicalindicationsinthescore.Thebeautifullyengravedscoresareprintedwithclarityandprecisionthroughout.Themusichasbeenreproducedinasizelargeenoughtobereadeasily,withlargenoteheads,widemarginsforwrittennotes,annotations,etc.andonopaquepaperwithsturdy,sewnbindings.Pageslieflatandwillnotfallout.Theeditionispracticalforalmostanyuse,whetherasastudyguide,areference,oranindispensablecompanionforyourgreatermusicalenjoyment.
