Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Bio
Richard Georg Strauss was born in Munich. His father was the principal horn player for the Court Opera. Richard was precocious and began composing at age 6. Eight decades later, he died as one of the most successful German composers of the Late Romantic period. His music was celebrated by the Nazis but he negotiated the relationship deftly. He was captured by American soldiers at the end of the war and one of them asked him to compose an Oboe Concerto.
Music
Also sprach Zarathustra
Death and Transfiguration
Don Quixote
Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Alpine Symphony
Symphony No. 2 in F minor
Ein Heldenleben
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