Dear music lovers

I love music as well as philosophy. When I was in my 20s I used to read books about philosophy then I stopped. Lately, I started to read again about Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and I feel happier.

Today I like to share a few videos from the symphonic poem, "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss.

The piece was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel.

These are the nine sections of the piece.

1. Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang (Introduction, or Sunrise)
2. Von den Hinterweltlern (Of Those in the Background World)
3. Von der großen Sehnsucht (Of the Great Longing)
4. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften (Of Joys and Passions)
5. Das Grablied (The Song of the Grave)
6. Von der Wissenschaft (Of Science and Learning)
7. Der Genesende (The Convalescent)
8. Das Tanzlied (The Dance Song)

9.Nachtwandlerlied (Song of the Night Wanderer)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(Strauss)

The opening fanfare was used for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (8/9); The Dance Song; Reiner

Richard Strauss - Also thus spoke Zarathustra, op. 30 (1896)

The concept of the eternal recurrence is by Nietzsche's admission the central idea of Zarathustra.