{"id":47280,"date":"2025-10-17T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es\/canal-escuela\/book-day-strauss-don-quixote-op-35-return-to-reason-the-death-of-don-quixote\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T02:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:34:45","slug":"book-day-strauss-don-quixote-op-35-return-to-reason-the-death-of-don-quixote","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es\/en\/canal-escuela\/book-day-strauss-don-quixote-op-35-return-to-reason-the-death-of-don-quixote\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Day: Strauss &#8211; Don Quixote Op 35 &#8211; &#8220;Return to Reason, the Death of Don Quixote&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we also wish to celebrate <strong>World Book Day<\/strong> and pay tribute to Cervantes, who in his own book, \u201cDon Quixote,\u201d captured this wonderful phrase: <em>\u201cWhere there is music, there can be no evil.\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Many composers have drawn inspiration from the distinctive character created by Cervantes. At the Reina Sof\u00eda School, for example, we have heard an aria from Massenet\u2019s opera \u201cDon Quixote,\u201d the Don Quixote Songs by Ibert and Ravel, Telemann\u2019s string suite \u201cQuixote Burlesque,\u201d the 3 Epitaphs for choir with text by Cervantes composed by Rodolfo Halffter, and Richard Strauss\u2019s symphonic poem Don Quixote (Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character), in which the cello represents Don Quixote. Here you can listen to the final movement, which depicts <em><strong>\u201cThe Return to Reason, the Death of Don Quixote\u201d<\/strong><\/em>.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRAUSS, Richard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don Quixote (Don Quijote) for cello and orchestra TrV 184 op. 35 &#8220;Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character&#8221; (reduction for cello and piano)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Indent1\">XII. Finale. Very calm<\/p>\n<p class=\"Indent1\">\n<p class=\"Indent2\"><strong>Francesco Stefanelli<\/strong>, cello<\/p>\n<p class=\"Indent2\"><strong>Miguel \u00c1ngel Ortega Chavaldas<\/strong>, piano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"ciclo":[1502],"curso":[1444],"instrumento":[294],"obra":[1503],"profesor":[],"class_list":["post-47280","video","type-video","status-publish","hentry","ciclo-celebraciones-con-musica","curso-2023-24","instrumento-violonchelo","obra-don-quixote-don-quijote-para-violonchelo-y-orquesta-trv-184-op-35-variaciones-fantasticas-sobre-un-tema-de-caracter-caballeresco-reduccion-para-violonchelo-y-piano"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Book Day: Strauss - Don Quixote Op 35 - &quot;Return to Reason, the Death of Don Quixote&quot; - Escuela Superior de M\u00fasica Reina Sof\u00eda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es\/en\/canal-escuela\/book-day-strauss-don-quixote-op-35-return-to-reason-the-death-of-don-quixote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book Day: Strauss - Don Quixote Op 35 - &quot;Return to Reason, the Death of Don Quixote&quot; - Escuela Superior de M\u00fasica Reina Sof\u00eda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today, we also wish to celebrate World Book Day and pay tribute to Cervantes, who in his own book, \u201cDon Quixote,\u201d captured this wonderful phrase: \u201cWhere there is music, there can be no evil.\u201d. 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