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(1864 – 1949)

Richard Strauss (11th June 1864 – 8th September 1949) was a German composer of the era, particularly noted for his s and s. He was also a noted conductor.

Before and during the 1939-45 War, he was criticised as a Nazi sympathiser, and held an official (musical) post. This claim is not entirely accurate. He lost the job when he refused to remove the name of a Jewish librettist from a programme. He was also condemned for criticisms of the Nazi party. He was thereafter denounced by the Nazi party, and he was forced to make concessions and submit to their will in order to save his family.

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  • Sideburnstijger

    Dude is on tour, awesome.

    18 May 10:12pm Reply
  • Orenji-kun

    I wonder how many people realise what a genius he was.

    18 Oct 2012 Reply
  • hjbardenhagen

    There's a tag radio for with streamable albums and tracks on Last.fm, also one for his song cycle and/or with great recordings including Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp and Lisa della Casa.

    30 Sep 2012 Reply
  • MonarchKingdom

    I am planning to familiarize myself with his music. The bio is not really helpful, it's only dealing with his political role (which was minor in any case).

    29 Aug 2012 Reply
  • osaka-sensei

    Tako rzecze Zaratustra!

    10 Jun 2012 Reply
  • poeq

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    17 Mar 2012 Reply
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    14 Feb 2012 Reply
  • MusicHallofFame

    The Music Hall of Fame are delighted to induct Richard Strauss into the Class of 1955. Congratulations. Please vist our page too see the latest inductees into the Music Hall of Fame

    11 Feb 2012 Reply
  • the_betterman

    whoo

    12 Jan 2012 Reply
  • ulyssestone

    Richard Strauss: Complete Chronological Catalogue by Trv Number in one Spotify playlist http://www.spotifyclassical.com/2011/12/richard-strauss-complete-chronological.html Including orchestral versions of songs, piano version of Four Last Songs, 1912 version of Ariadne auf Naxos, unfinished 1949 singspiel Des Esels Schatten and more. 999 tracks from more than 150 albums, 71 hours.

    15 Dec 2011 Reply
  • slavicfrost

    Salome <3

    12 Dec 2011 Reply
  • Seavas

    Strauss wasn't an asshole, he just loved taking it easy

    23 Jun 2011 Reply
  • mangono2

    asshole, but genius nevertheless.

    21 Jun 2011 Reply
  • whiskymusic

    also sprach zarathustra = epic <3

    9 Jun 2011 Reply
  • viniciusabc

    BRILLIANT!

    25 Apr 2011 Reply
  • vreausaploua

    Tod und Verklärung is gorgeous [2]

    18 Mar 2011 Reply
  • robsoncamara

    Tod und Verklärung is gorgeous

    13 Mar 2011 Reply
  • LOLsharms

    Death and transfiguration.

    2 Mar 2011 Reply
  • Fjallman

    Just heard Eine Alpiensinfonie for the second time today. And it was much better the second time around

    12 Feb 2011 Reply
  • Seavas

    Da gingen wir zu zweit, und kamen ihr zu nah...

    28 Jan 2011 Reply
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