Don Quixote, Op. 35 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss for cello, viola, and orchestra. Subtitled Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters (Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character), the work is based on the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Strauss composed this work in Munich in 1897. The premiere took place in Cologne on 8 March 1898, with Friedrich Grützmacher as the cello soloist and Franz Wüllner as the conductor.
| Date of composition | 1897 in Munich, Germany |
| Premiered | 1898, March 8th in Cologne, Germany |
| Type | Symphonic Poem |
| Catalogue | TrV 184 |
| Approx. duration | 45 minutes |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Cello Viola |
| Autotranslations beta |
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, TrV 184 "Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters (Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character)" Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, TrV 184 "Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters (Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character)" Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, TrV 184 "Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters (Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character)" |