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===The Hero's Adversaries===

===The Hero's Adversaries===

The Hero's Adversaries are musical depictions of how Strauss viewed other composers of his day, namely [[Mahler]] and [[Sibelius]], and music critics. It begins with "spiky" woodwinds which seem to mimic Sibelius. The anti-Strauss [[Viennese]] music critic Doktor Dehring is outlined in a recurring [[leitmotif]] by two tubas which seem simultaneously ominous and brain-dead. In doing so, Strauss emulates [[Richard Wagner]], who responded to the persistent music critic Edward Hanslick by writing in the villainous character [[Beckmesser]] in ''[[Die Meistersinger]]''. Together, the woodwinds and brass make a chorus of mean-spirited sniping. Strauss enters on bassoons, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, horns, and low strings, surveying his enemies. Squabbling continues, until Strauss declares a brief victory and wife enters on solo First violin.

The Hero's Adversaries are musical depictions of how Strauss viewed other composers of his day, namely [[Mahler]] and [[Sibelius]], and various music critics. It begins with "spiky" woodwinds which seem to mimic Sibelius. The anti-Strauss [[Viennese]] music critic Doktor Dehring is outlined in a recurring [[leitmotif]] by two tubas which seem simultaneously ominous and brain-dead. In doing so, Strauss emulates [[Richard Wagner]], who responded to the persistent music critic Edward Hanslick by writing in the villainous character [[Beckmesser]] in ''[[Die Meistersinger]]''. Together, the woodwinds and brass make a chorus of mean-spirited sniping. Strauss enters on bassoons, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, horns, and low strings, surveying his enemies. Squabbling continues, until Strauss declares a brief victory and wife enters on solo First violin.

===The Hero's Companion===

===The Hero's Companion===