Richard strauss (1864- 1949) is an outstanding German composer and conductor in modern times. He was born in Munich on 1864. His father is a horn player in a court band. He began to compose music at the age of five. Before he was ten years old, he wrote festival marches and woodwind serenades. After studying at the University of Munich, he dropped out of school and went to the Manning Root Band, where he served as the deputy conductor of the famous conductor Biro, and then as the official conductor. In the band, influenced by the second violinist and music philosopher Ritter, he asked for "taking the works of Liszt, Berlioz and Wagner as examples to express music". Since then, he has devoted himself to composing symphonic poems, including Don Juan, Don Quixote, Death and Transformation, and Symphony of Hero's Life and Family. /kloc-devoted himself to opera creation after 0/900, and created fourteen operas, including Salome, Elek Terra and der rosenkavalier. His creation is famous for its bright colors, vivid images and novel techniques. He is also one of the most outstanding opera and symphony conductors in the world. He was the conductor of famous music groups such as Munich Opera House, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin Royal Opera House and Vienna Opera House, and was the authoritative interpreter of Wagner's works. Richard strauss has excellent counterpoint writing ability, and the texture of almost all his works is very complicated.
He is also the godfather and teacher of max steiner, the composer of the American film Gone with the Wind.
Main work
tone poem
A trip to Italy.
Don Juan (1889) Op. 20
Macbeth (1888? 1890) operation 23
Death and purification Tod und Verkl? Rung (189 1) operation 24
Until eulenspiegels lustie streiche (1895) op. 28.
Zarathustra said (1896) op.30.
Don Quixote (1898) Op. 35
Heroic career einhelden leben (1899) op.40
Family Symphony Family Symphony (1904) Op. 53
Alpine symphony, op. 64.
Other orchestral works
Funny music, piano and band in D minor (1890)
Violin Concerto in D minor (1882)
Two piano concertos
Two French horn concertos
A Celebration Song for 2600-year-old Japanese Emperor Ji (1940)
Concerto for oboe and small orchestra in D major (1945)
Concerto for clarinet and bassoon
The score of der rosenkavalier (1925)
Metamorphosen)( 1944+0944？ 1945)
Festival music, military music, suite
Other musical instruments
Violin sonata in e flat major, op. 18