THE 3 SYMBOLS OF ZARATHUSTRA THREE NOTES FROM STRAUSS

The majestic opening of the work has been characterised as a poetic evolution of the sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!After the bouble basses and organ introduce us to the dark dawn of the day with their C (Do ) which is the lowest sound an instrument can play,three notes bring us to the fanfare of the Sun`s evolution!

As with Tod und Verklarung, mystery here in this work as well!!!!!!!!Strauss did not agree with NIETZCHE`S solution ?

World riddle theme

There are two viewpoints about the World riddle theme (a particular sequence of notes in the melody). Some sources denote the fifth/octave intervals (C-G-C (8va)) as the World riddle motif.^[2] However, other sources refer to the 2 conflicting keys in the final section as representing the World riddle (C-G-C B-F♯-B (8va)), with the unresolved harmonic progression being an unfinished or unsolved riddle: the melody does not conclude with a clearly defined tonic note as being either C or B, hence it is unfinished.^[2] The ending of the composition has been described:^[2]

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But the riddle is not solved. The tone-poem ends enigmatically in two keys, the Nature-motif plucked softly, by the basses in its original key of C—and above the woodwinds, in the key of B major. The unsolvable end of the universe: for Strauss was not pacified by Nietzsche's solution.[2]

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Neither C major nor B major is established as the tonic at the end of the composition.

WHEN Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and his solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But finally he had a change of heart - and rising one morning with the dawn, he went before the sun, and spoke thus to it: "Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for? "For ten years you have climbed here to my cave: you would have become weary of shining and of the journey, had it not been for me, my eagle, and my serpent. "But we waited for you every morning, took from you your overflow, and blessed you for it. "Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches. "For that I must descend into the depths, as you do in the evening when you go below the sea and bring light also to the underworld, you superabundant star! "Like you, I must descend - as the men, to whom I shall go, call it. "So bless me then, you tranquil eye that can behold even the greatest happiness without envy! "Bless the cup that is about to overflow, that the water may flow golden out of it, and carry everywhere the reflection of your bliss! "Behold! This cup wants to become empty again, and Zarathustra wants to be a man again. Thus began Zarathustra's descent.