Talk:Metamorphosen
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I don't write perfectly in english. So, if someone could modify the article following my indications, it would be great.--Oktavian 17:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- ...it was written as a statement of mourning for Germany's destruction during the Second World War, in particular the Munich Opera House : it's no longer sure !)...
- Indeed, the piece could be an allusion to Goethe's metamorphosis of the plants and metamorphosis of the animals. In a sketch for 4-voice choir, Strauss put also music on verses of Goethe which deal with self-reflection and self-metamorphosis.
- Beethoven's motive : The piece uses as one of its primary motivic element a passage from the funeral march from Beethoven's Third Symphony this is but only a resemblance which Strauss recognized as unconscious...
--Oktavian 19:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
