想到上學期現代音樂史, 陳漢金老師花了許多時間解釋Richard Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra"的音樂手法. 同時, 介紹尼采的同名書及其"Will", 以及書中最後的午夜醉歌, 和Wagner, Mahler一樣, 都在歌頌"夜的精神"..........等等, 現在翻筆記, 又想起那種靈光一閃的快感
我最不懂當然是和聲學部分, 所以收穫最大, 翻出老書"音樂概論"( 山縣茂太郎著, 民國88年, 全音出版), 有時間便啃一啃 

勉強的說，這是沒有鬍鬚的尼采，或Strauss, 故以in Silence命名之。現今社會，已經不是尼采的社會，是否多年來人性不變？最終，先存在，然後必需被解構，是不得已的。

查拉圖斯特如是說(哲學) by 尼采

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891.[1] Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Übermensch, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.[2] (Wikipedia)

查拉圖斯特如是說(音樂) by Richard Strauss

Also sprach Zarathustra :  is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel of the same name.[2] The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts half an hour.

The work has been part of the classical repertoire since its first performance in 1896. The initial fanfare – titled "Sunrise" in the composer's program notes[3] – became particularly well-known after its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.[4]