Don Quixote, Op. 35, is a composition by Richard Strauss for cello, viola and large orchestra, subtitled "Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character." Also known as "Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations for Cello & Orchestra." Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... A viola The viola (in French, alto; in German bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass... The Boston Pops orchestra performing on the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Strauss composed this work in Munich in 1897. Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

It was first performed in Cologne in March, 1898. population_ref = source style=vertical-align: top; Cologne (German: ; Kölsch: Kölle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the largest European... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Sections

1. Introduction;
2. Theme: Don Quixote, The Knight Of The Sorrowful Countenance;
3. Variation I: Gemaechlich;
4. Variation II: Kriegerisch;
5. Variation III: Maessiges zeitmass;
6. Variation IV: Etwas breiter;
7. Variation V: Sehr langsam;
8. Variation VI: Schnell;
9. Variation VII: Ein wenig ruhiger als vohrer;
10. Variation VIII: Gemaechlich;
11. Variation IX: Schnell und Stuermisch;
12. Variation X: Viel breiter;
13. Finale: Sehr ruhig