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''Macbeth'' is a symphonic poem written by Richard Strauss between 1886 and 1888. The work was his first tone poem, which Strauss described as "a completely new path" for him compositionally.〔MacDonald, ''New Grove (2001)'', 24:506.〕 Written in some semblance of sonata form,〔MacDonald, ''New Grove (2001)'', 24:805.〕 the piece was revised more thoroughly than any of Strauss's other works; these revisions, focused primarily on the development and recapitulation sections, show how much the composer was struggling at this point in his career to balance narrative content with musical form. Bryan Gilliam writes in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' that, "New path or not, ''Macbeth'' failed to find a firm place in the concert repertory, because it lacked the thematic cogency and convincing pacing of musical events so evident in the two antecedent works (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/Don Juan (Strauss)" TITLE="Don Juan (Strauss)">Don Juan'' and ''Tod und Verklärung'' (''Death and Transfiguration'') ). And despite revisions to the orchestration, in an attempt to restrain inner voices and highlight principal themes, ''Macbeth'' still falls short of ''Don Juan'' and ''Tod und Verklärung'' in sonic clarity."〔 The piece is scored for 3 flutes, (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, bass trumpet, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, tam-tam and strings. ==References== * ed. Stanley Sadie, ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, (London: Macmillan, 2001) ISBN 0-333-60800-3 * *Bryan Gilliam, "Strauss, Richard (Georg)" * *MacDonald, Hugh, "Symphonic poem" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Macbeth (Strauss)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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