Cello excerpt
Strauss, Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Closing C major apotheosis
The transcendent C major apotheosis, cellos sing the transfiguration theme over shimmering strings.
At a glance
- Instrument
- Cello
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Work
- Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
- Movement
- Closing C major apotheosis
- Era
- Late-Romantic (c. 1880–1910)
- Composed
- 1889
- Key
- C
- Metre
- 4/4
- Tempo
- Moderato · ♩ ≈ 60
- Clef
- Tenor clef
- Level
- Intermediate, university level
- Audition list
- Not a standard excerpt
How to practise it
The bow style, the trouble spots, and the stylistic decisions that come up most often on this excerpt.
Style
Eternal, transfigured. Whole bow, vibrato wide and slow.
Tags
Work on the technique underneath
Arco's cello curriculum builds the bow strokes, positions, and clef reading this excerpt assumes, with recorded cello playback throughout.