page_title: Die Tageszeiten
section_title: Choir and orchestra
hierarchical_section_title: Die Tageszeiten / Choir and orchestra
caption_attribution_description: English: German composer Richard Strauss.
context_page_description: Die Tageszeiten is a choral composition written for male voice choir and orchestra by Richard Strauss, TrV 256, Op. 76. It consists of four movements: "The Morning", "Afternoon Peace", "The Evening" and "The Night". The lyrics are based on four poems of the same names by Joseph Eichendorff from his collection Wanderlieder. The work was premiered on 21 July 1928 with the Wiener Schubertbund and the Vienna Philharmonic as part of the Schubert centenary.
context_section_description: The male voice choir is scored for two tenor parts and two bass parts. The orchestra consists of:
  Two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, double bassoon.
  Four french horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba
  Timpani
  Harp
  Organ (Night)
  Strings
  Clemens Krauss made an arrangement for mixed choir (SATB) after the composer's death, which was premiered with the Vienna Philharmonic on 2 March 1952.
caption: Strauss the conductor, around 1924
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