Richard Strauss

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Richard Strauss (von Max Liebermann, 1918)
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Richard Strauss (von Max Liebermann, 1918)

Richard Strauss (born Munich 11 June 1864; died Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, 8 Sep 1949) was a German composer. He soon became very famous when he was a young man. His tone-poems were played by orchestras all over Europe. After 1900 he spent most of his time writing operas. His opera Der Rosenkavalier , written in 1910, is extremely popular. Strauss was the last great composer who wrote in a Romantic style. He liked the music of Wagner who was a great influence on his music, but he also liked Mozart and his works also shows the elegance and grace of Mozart’s music. Strauss was a very good conductor and often conducted his own music.

He is not related to the Austrian Johann Strauss family famous for their waltzes.

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