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Don Quixote (Strauss)
Don Quixote
, Op. 35 is a
tone poem
by
Richard Strauss
for
cello
,
viola
and
large orchestra
. Subtitled
Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters
(
Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character
), the work is based on the novel
Don Quixote de la Mancha
by
Miguel de Cervantes
. Strauss composed this work in Munich in 1897. The premiere took place in Cologne on 8 March 1898, with
Friedrich Grützmacher
as the cello soloist and
Franz Wüllner
as the conductor.
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