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Richard Georg Strauss (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt . [1]
Jun 16, 2024 · Richard Strauss was an outstanding German Romantic composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His symphonic poems of the 1890s and his operas of the following decade have remained an indispensable feature of the standard repertoire.
Aug 11, 2023 · Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a German conductor and composer of both innovative late-Romantic and Modernist music. He is best known for his symphonic poems and operas like Salome and Elektra, both of which caused a sensation.
Jun 11, 2024 · Explore the best Richard Strauss works featuring 10 masterpieces including 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' featured in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’.
Mar 10, 2021 · A State Medical Board investigator found credible evidence of abuse by former Ohio State University doctor Richard Strauss in the 1990s, but the board did nothing to remove Strauss’s medical ...
Jun 10, 2014 · Composer Richard Strauss took a prominent post in Hitler’s Germany – but we should not let that ruin our enjoyment of his music, writes Clemency Burton-Hill.
Jun 16, 2024 · Richard Strauss - Composer, Operas, Symphonies: Strauss’s first major achievement was to harness the expressive power of the huge Wagnerian opera orchestra for the concert hall.
Richard Strauss (1864–1949) was one of the most gifted composers of the twentieth century. He composed 'Also Sprach Zarathustra', Der Rosenkavalier and Salome.
Richard Strauss was accused of being cold and unemotional, yet his music is anything but. Michael Kennedy – in his final Gramophone article – surveys the composer’s legacy.
Richard Strauss, (born June 11, 1864, Munich, Ger.—died Sept. 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen), German composer and conductor. Son of a horn player, he began composing at age six. Before he was 20, he had already had major premieres of two symphonies and a violin concerto.
