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'''Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)''', Op. 40 is a tone poem by [[Richard Strauss]].
'''Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)''', Op. 40 is a tone poem by [[Richard Strauss]].
Unlike most composers, and true to the [[program music]] style of his day, rather than write a literary memoir of himself Strauss wrote a musical [[autobiography]]. It contains more than thirty quotations from Strauss's earlier works. But it is much more than just a recitation of Strauss's Greatest Hits. The work requires a huge orchestra, and in modern times has become a test for an [[orchestra]] to display its full maturity and skill.
Unlike most composers, and true to the [[program music]] style of his day, rather than write a literary memoir of himself Strauss wrote a musical [[autobiography]]. It contains more than thirty quotations from Strauss's earlier works. But it is much more than just a recitation of Strauss's Greatest Hits. The work requires a huge orchestra, and in modern times has become a test for an [[orchestra]] to display its full maturity and skill.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sedURGySbw National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Spring 2014: Strauss - Ein Heldenleben Rehearsal].</ref>
==Background==
==Background==