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Who are the adversaries represented in Ein Heldenleben?
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Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss.
In the quasi-autobiographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben (1898), the adversaries represented are the music critics. Strauss characterizes these critics through petulant woodwinds in the work's battle scene, which the hero ultimately defeats with great power and virtuosity.1