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[[File:Der_junge_Richard_Strauss.JPG|thumb|Richard Strauss in 1888.]]

'''''Death and Transfiguration''''' ('''''{{Lang|de|Tod und Verklärung}}'''''), [[Opus number|Op.]] 24, is a [[tone poem]] for large orchestra by [[Richard Strauss]]. Strauss began composition in the late summer of 1888 and completed the work on 18 November 1889. The work is dedicated to the composer's friend Friedrich Rosch.

The music depicts the death of an artist. At Strauss's request, this was described in a poem by the composer's friend [[Alexander Ritter]] as an interpretation of Death and Transfiguration, after it was composed.<ref>Gilliam, ''Grove''</ref> As the man lies dying, thoughts of his life pass through his head: his childhood innocence, the struggles of his manhood, the attainment of his worldly goals; and at the end, he receives the longed-for transfiguration "from the infinite reaches of heaven".

==Performance history==

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| 1934

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| [[Richard Strauss]]

| [[Munich Radio Orchestra|Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra]]

| 1937

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| 1944

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| [[Richard Strauss]]

| [[Vienna Philharmonic]]

| 1944

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| 1995

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| [[Jesús López- Cobos]]

| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

| 1997

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==External LinksNotes==

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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu2M67IQ68Q Tod und Verklärung | Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen], video of live recording by the Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig

==References==

* Bryan Gilliam: "Richard Strauss", ''[[Grove Music Online]]'', ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 16, 2007), (subscription access)

* [[Ernest Newman|Newman, Ernest.]] "The Music of Death" ''[[The Musical Times]]'', July 1, 1915, pp.&nbsp;398–399.

* "Herr Richard Strauss" ''[[The Musical Times]]'', February 1, 1903, p.&nbsp;115.

==NotesExternal links==

*{{YouTube|mu2M67IQ68Q}}, Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, conducted by [[Jan Latham-Koenig]]

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{{Strauss Tone Poems}}