!!!Strauss, Richard

Strauss, Richard, b. Munich (Germany), June 11, 1864, 
d. Garmisch (Germany), Sept. 8, 1949, composer, conductor. Famous 
German composer of late Romanticism, 1908 ("Elektra") started a 
long-lasting co-operation with H. von  Hofmannsthal and J.  
Gregor, who wrote most of the librettos for his operas (Hofmannsthal: 
Elektra, The Cavalier of the Rose (Rosenkavalier), Ariadne auf Naxos, 
The Woman without a Shadow (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Helen in Egypt 
(Die aegyptische Helena), Arabella; Gregor: Friedenstag, Daphne, Die 
Liebe der Danae). S., G.  Mahler and F.  Weingartner were the most 
famous and important conductors of their time. 1895 first appearance 
as a conductor in Vienna, 1907/08 guest conductor of the Vienna 
Philharmonic Orchestra, 1919-1924 directed the Vienna Opera together 
with F.  Schalk; was one of the originators of the  Salzburg Festival. 
His operas are often set in a Viennese environment and his musical 
work (waltzes) is influenced by Viennese characteristics.

!Works
15 operas: The Cavalier of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier), 1911; 
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1912 (final version 1916); The Woman without a 
Shadow (Die Frau ohne Schatten), 1919; Arabella, 1933; Die Liebe der 
Danae, 1940. - Ballet: Schlagobers, 1924. - Orchestral works: Don 
Juan; Tod und Verklaerung; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; Also 
sprach Zarathustra; Don Quixote; Ein Heldenleben; Alpensymphonie. 
Lieder, chamber music. - Edition: R. S. Edition, Buehnenwerke, 
Studienpartitur, 18 vols., 1996.

!Literature
F. Grasberger, R. S., 1965; W. Schuh, R. S., 1969; F. 
Grasberger, R. S. und die Wr. Oper, 1969; E. Krause, R. S., 
1975; W. Mann, R. S., 1981; R. S. and his world, 1992; 
C. Wagner-Trenkwitz, Durch die Hand der Schoenheit. R. S. 
und Wien, 1999; M. Boyden, R. S., 1999; T. Ashley, 
R. S., 1999; W. Deppisch, R. S. mit Selbstzeugnissen und 
Bilddokumenten, %%sup 14/%1999; F. Trenner, 
R.-S.-Werkverzeichnis, %%sup 2/%1999; Veroeffentlichungen der 
R.-S.-Gesellschaft, 1977ff.



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