Heldenleben, Ein

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Heldenleben, Ein (A Hero's Life). Orch. tone-poem, Op.40, by R. Strauss. Comp. 1897–8, f.p. 1899 in Frankfurt (though ded. to Mengelberg and Concertgebouw Orch. of Amsterdam). In the 5th of the 6 sections, the ‘ Hero's Works of Peace’, Strauss quotes from several of his own comps.

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