Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
Recordings
- 1974 – La Chevalier a la Rose (Bamberg Symphony Orchestra)
- 1979 – Strauss: Music for Symphonic Brass (Locke Brass Consort)
- 1980 – In Our Time (Solna Brass)
- 1983 – Masterpieces for Brass (University of Minnesota Brass Choir)
- 1997 – Eine Alpensinfonie (Vienna Philharmonic – Seiji Ozawa)
- 1997 – Richard Strauss: Complete Music for Winds and Brass, Vol. 2
- 2001 – Winds of Nagual (Northwestern University Wind Ensemble)
- 2003 – Summit Brass Live (Summit Brass)
- 2023 – Incantations (Geca Brass)
- 2023 – Deified (National Brass Ensemble)
- 1980 – Festive Brass (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
- 1986 – Music for Brass and Percussion (London Brass Virtuosi)
- 1996 – Strauss (The President's Own United States Marine Band)
- 2006 – We Got Rhythm! (Venezuelan Brass Ensemble)
- 2018 – Kind of Gold (Mattias Höfs & Ensembles)
- 2021 – Festmusik: A Legacy (Onyx Brass & Septura)
Instrumentation
E-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Horn in E-flat I-II-III-IV-V-VI-VII-VIII
Trombone I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Tuba I-II
Timpani I-II
Composed in 1924 for the Vienna Philharmonic’s first benefit ball, which raised money for the musicians’ pension fund.
Approximately 2:30 minutes in duration
Publishers
Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.
Hickman Editions