Strauss, Richard
Period: Romantic
Born: Saturday, June 11, 1864 in Munich, Germany
Died: Thursday, September 8, 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Nation of Origin: Germany
Major Works:
Operas:
Elektra
Der Rosenkavalier
Orchestral Works:
Aus Italien (From Italy)
Don Juan
Don Quixote
Macbeth
Symphonia Domestica
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
Till Eulenspiegel
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)
Other Information:
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with Norton, M. D. (Translator) and Norton, Herter (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680
Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton & Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331
Rosen, Charles, The Romantic Generation, W. W. Norton & Company, April 1995, ISBN: 0674779347
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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