Richard Strauss
Known For: person.sound
- Born
- June 11, 1864
- Died
- September 8, 1949 (85.243835616438 years old)
- Place of Birth
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- External Links
- IMDB
Biography
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and other orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and Metamorphosen. Strauss was also a prominent conductor throughout Germany and Austria.
