Ein Heldenleben was completed by R. Strauss in 1898. The piece is said to depict a hero fighting his enemies. "A Hero’s Life" is a through-composed, circa fifty-minute work, performed without pauses, except for a dramatic grand pause at the end of the first movement.

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Postpartum
Ein Heldenleben
60" x 54"
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection
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With Permission: 2013 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Recorded live in Roy Thompson Hall, December 4 & 6, 2008 www.tso.ca