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Richard Strauss
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Richard Strauss, from Munich, made his name with symphonic poems in the wake of Liszt and Wagner and then wrote mainly operas. He was a virtuoso of the orchestra and could depict almost anything with instruments, from a flock of sheep to a hero. Also sprach Zarathustra from 1896, after Nietzsche, opens with a sunrise that was made world-famous by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. With Salome and Elektra he stretched tonality to the limit.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the sunrise and hear how three trumpet notes rise from a deep, low tone, followed by the whole orchestra and the timpani.
Also sprach Zarathustra: Sonnenaufgang (Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan) · Richard Strauss, 1896
Vier letzte Lieder: Im Abendrot (Gundula Janowitz, Herbert von Karajan) · Richard Strauss, 1948
Salome: Tanz der sieben Schleier (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner) · Richard Strauss, 1905
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- Late Romanticism Genre
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European composers such as Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Vienna and Franz Waxman from Germany brought with them the language of Wagner, Richard Strauss and operetta.