Richard Strauss Symphonic Poem"heroic Life" Harmonic Analysis

Richard Strauss(1864-1949),a German composer,is the last master of late romantic music.He further deepened and developed Scale harmony on the basis of Liszt,Wagner and others,greatly enriching the semitone harmonic language.Richard Strauss created seven symphonic poems throughout his life,mainly focusing on the late 19 th century."Heroic Life",the last poem made in 1898 was considered to be his most mature and representative peak.This article will start with the application of personalized chord materials,diversified harmony and tonal statements and transformations to analysis the harmony of "Heroic Life".Trying to have a comprehensive and profound understanding of the harmony techniques in this work.