In a tone poem by this composer, a loud D sharp that leads into an E, played by the violas, denotes the passing of an old man.
In a tone poem by this composer, a loud D sharp that leads into an E, played by the violas, denotes the passing of an old man. Near the end of a work written for 23 strings, this composer quotes the funeral march from the Eroica Symphony.  The bombing of Dresden inspired this composer's Metamorphosen. In his dying moments, this composer is said to have praised the accuracy of his (*) Tod und Verklarung in depicting death. Another of this composer's tone poems uses a wind machine and 20 horns and depicts the "Ascent" and "Descent" of a mountain. A more famous one ends with the "Song of the Night Wanderer" and begins with the trumpet playing the motif of C-G-C. For 10 points, name the composer of An Alpine Symphony and Also Sprach Zarathustra.
In a tone poem by this composer, a loud D sharp that leads into an E, played by the violas, denotes the passing of an old man.
Richard Strauss [prompt on Strauss]