Thus spake Richard Strauss

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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Credits

producer

Roger Englander

production company

CBS Telelvision Network

Duration

00:48:48:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

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

Educational & Instructional

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

Performance

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1971

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