Leonard Bernstein narrates and conducts a performance of Richard Strauss’s “Thus spake Zarathustra”, a tone poem, based on the work by the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Bernstein discusses the eight sections of the tone poem and shows how their philosophical content is expressed by the musical structure. Features the New York Philharmonic orchestra.
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ACMI Identifier
010924
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Meaning (Philosophy)
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Philosophy
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Music - Instruction and study
Music & Performing Arts → Music - 20th century
Music & Performing Arts → Music - Instruction and study
Music & Performing Arts → Orchestral music
Music & Performing Arts → Symphonic poems
Music & Performing Arts → Symphonies
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)