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Line 27: − − This section may have its inspiration in Beethoven's ''Wellington's Victory'' of more than 80 years earlier.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kYHsHFRFxQ Wellington's Victory - 1st mov, The Battle - Beethoven].</ref>
→The Hero's Adversaries
By mocking his chief critic, 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, slowly surveying his enemies.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsL8v7WtXx0 The Hero's Advcersaries, Willem Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam].</ref> Squabbling continues, until Strauss chases them away and declares a brief victory. His wife then enters on solo First violin to begin the next section.
By mocking his chief critic, 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, slowly surveying his enemies.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsL8v7WtXx0 The Hero's Advcersaries, Willem Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam].</ref> Squabbling continues, until Strauss chases them away and declares a brief victory. His wife then enters on solo First violin to begin the next section.
===The Hero's Companion===
===The Hero's Companion===