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Line 1: − + + + − == Some works ==+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − * Guntram, op. 25 − * Feuersnot, op. 50 − * Salome, op. 54 − * Intermezzo, op. 72 − * Friedenstag, op. 81 − * Daphne, op. 82 − * Guntram, op. 25 − * Die Liebe der Danae, op. 83 − * Capriccio, op. 85 − * Also Sprach Zarathustra, 1896.
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[[Image:R Strauss.gif|left]]
[[Image:R Strauss.gif|left]]
'''Richard Georg Strauss''' (b. [[Munich]], Kingdom of Bavaria, 11 Jun. 1864 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 8 Sep. 1949) was a [[German]] composer.
'''Richard Georg Strauss''' (b. [[Munich]], Kingdom of Bavaria, 11 Jun. 1864 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 8 Sep. 1949) was a [[German]] composer and conductor.
==Works==
He is known for the orchestral tone poems that fill his early years, a number of operas, many of which are still regularly performed, and leider (songs).
Frequently heard tone poems include:
*''Don Juan'' (1889)
*''Tod und Verklärung'' (Death and Transfiguration) (1888-89)
*''Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche'' (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (1895)
*''Also sprach Zarathustra'' (1896) Its introduction was used in the opening scene of "2001, a Space Odyssey"
* ''Don Quixote'' (1898) (For cello and orchestra)
* ''Ein Heldenleben'' (A Hero's Life)(1899)
* ''Symphonia Domestica'' (Domestic Symphony), Op. 53 (1904)
* ''Eine Alpensinfonie'' (An Alpine Symphony), (1915) (His largest orchestral work - a musical interpretation of a day-trip up a mountain, beginning with a superb dawn).
His operas (many of which are famous vehicles for the female voice) include:
* ''Salome'' (1905) (from the play by Oscar Wilde)
* ''Elektra'' (1909
* ''Der Rosenkavalier'', (The Knight of the Rose) (1910) (The closest he came to writing a "Viennese" style opera like his (unrelated) namesakes - waltz and all)
* ''Ariadne auf Naxos,'' (1912)
* ''Die Frau ohne Schatten,'' (The Woman without a Shadow) (1918)
* ''Intermezzo'' (1923)
* ''Arabella'' (1932)
* ''Capriccio'' (1941)
He wrote more than 200 songs, many with orchestra and mostly for [[soprano]], the most appreciated of which are:
* ''"Morgan!" '' (Morning)
* ''"Zueignung"'' (Dedication)
* ''"Frühling"'', ''"September"'', ''"Beim Schlafengehen"'' and ''"Im Abendrot"'', which make up ''"Vier letzte Lieder"'', or "Four Last Songs".
Other works:
He wrote two [[horn]] concertos (his father was a horn player) and an [[oboe]] [[concerto]], which are still in the repertoir. Other works are rarely heard.
== See also ==
== See also ==