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1864–1949 Germany
Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German (Bavarian) composer of classical music and conductor. His music has always been popular: both in the concert hall and on recordings.
Germany Academics Composers Conductors Pianists Also known as: Robert Strauss, Strauss, Richard
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My wife, my child, my music, Nature and the sun; they are my happiness.
Declarations about war and politics are not fitting for an artist, who must give his attention to his creations and his works.
In my opinion, Gustav Mahler's work is one of the most important and interesting products in the history of modern creative arts.
Please start from the Bruch violin concerto again!
I ask myself why I have actually survived once more and been called back to life.
Why don't people see what is new in my work, how in them, as is found only in Beethoven, the human being visibly plays a part in the work.
It is better to conduct with the ear instead of with the arm: the rest follows automatically.
Conducting is a difficult business...It is better to conduct with the ear instead of the arm.
Long live the politico-satrical-parodistic opera!
Thirty years ago I was regarded as a rebel, but to-day, as you see, I have lived to find myself a classic.
As for the Rosenkavalier waltzes...how could I have done those without a thought of the laughing genius of Vienna?
“What do I think of Jazz? Jazz is royal concert in the palace of King Attila! The original negro melodies from which it is derived are sublime, but Jazz —" said Dr.Strauss shrugging his shoulders.
I know what I want, and I know what I meant when I wrote this. After all, I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.
Conducting is, after all, a difficult business – one has to be seventy years of age to realise this fully!
It is clear to me that the German nation will achieve new creative energy only by liberating itself from Christianity
Anybody who wants to be a real musician must be able to set a menu to music.
Melody as revealed in the greatest works of our classics is one of the most noble gifts which an invisible deity has bestowed on mankind.
More like a sacrilege du printemps.
Strauss told me about his new ballet, which he wrote in the summer. It’s called ‘Schlagobers’ (whipped cream) and he said, jokingly: ‘Oh yes, when one gets old one has ideas like that.’
Man (in B major) asks: When? When? Nature, (in C Major) answers from the depths Never, never, never will the weather improve".
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