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Strauss had originally intended that Don Quixote always be performed, if possible, together with Heldenleben, “since Don Q. in particular is only fully comprehensible alongside Heldenleben.” To date, Strauss’s wish is rarely respected. The Don Quixote Urtext edition now being published by Breitkopf & Härtel can assist here. Once again, the new edition is based on Strauss’s own engraver’s...