Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Richard Strauss  (1864 - 1949)  (Wiki article)

    A List of All Strauss Compositions


Strauss' Operas:   (A List of Strauss' Operas)

            Strauss was an important opera composer.   Among his 13 operas, Salome (1905), 
       Elektra (1909), Der Rosenkavalier (1911), and Ariadne auf Naxos (1912) are usually 
       considered to be his best.

What are symphonic poems?


Strauss' Symphonic Poems:  (A Full List of Strauss' Symphonic Poems)

     Aus Italien (From Italy), Op. 16  (1886)  (sometimes not considered a tone poem because
                                                                         it has four movements like a symphony)

     Don Juan, Op. 20  (1888)

     Macbeth, Op. 23  (1888)

     Tod und Verklärung  (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24  (1889)

     Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche  (Till Eulenspeigel's Merry Pranks), Op. 28  (1895)

     Also sprach Zarathustra  (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Op. 30  (1896)

     Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1897)

     Ein Heldenleben  (A Hero's Life), Op. 40  (1898)

     Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53  (1903)

     Eine Alpensinfonie  (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64  (1915)


Strauss' Last Important Orchestra Work:

     Metamorphosen ("a study for 23 solo strings")  (1944 - 45):

Note:  Strauss composed two symphonies (1880, 1884) in his teens when he was 
            still composing in the romantic style before he turned modernistic.  


Examples of Other Strauss Genres:    

        Strauss was a prolific composer of lieder (German art songs), lieder cycles, and 
        numerous choral works with and without orchestra.

        Strauss composed many pieces of chamber music with his Cello Sonata in F major 
        perhaps being the most important.

        He composed five concertos with Horn Concerto No. 2 (1942) and the Violin 
        Concerto (1882) probably being the most performed.

      The music of Richard Strauss...