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12/25/05 5:20 PM

#1940 RE: NovoMira #1939

Misspelling of Zarathustra...

Variation of Zoroaster, ancient Persian prophet... http://www.livius.org/za-zn/zarathustra/zarathustra.htm

Philososophical book, THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1891... http://philosophy.eserver.org/nietzsche-zarathustra.txt

Symphony... Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, Richard Strauss (1896)... http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html
http://www.americansymphony.org/dialogues_extensions/99_2000season/2000_03_08/strauss.cfm used in movie soundtrack e.g., 2001: A Space Odyssey), TV commercials, etc.

I know... sorry you asked!