Richard Strauss
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Born / died
1864-1949
Movement
Romantic
Location
Born in Munich
Friends / contemporaries
Franz Liszt, Anton Webern, Bedrich Smetana +3 more
role: unknown · 20%era: Romanticmovement: Romantic1864–1949
Movement
Romantic · Wikipedia
Romantic music is a stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th century commonly referred to as the Romantic era. It is closely related to the broader concept of Romanticism—the intellectual, artistic, and literary movement that became prominent in Western culture from about 1798 until 1837.
How this movement sounds
rubatochromatic harmonybig climaxesricher timbrelong lyrical linesnarrative feel
Romantic listening cues: heightened emotion, longer lyrical melodies, and more freedom with rubato (flexible timing) in performance.
Harmony is often more chromatic, with colorful chords and side-steps that create tension and release over longer spans. You may hear more delayed resolutions and more 'yearning' harmonic motion.
Dynamics and texture often expand: thicker sonorities, bigger climaxes, and a strong sense of narrative or character (even in purely instrumental music).
In piano music, listen for the use of pedaling and resonance to create a halo around harmony; in orchestral music, listen for richer timbre and denser voicing (inner lines matter).
A useful trick: follow the bass line. In Romantic music it often shapes the drama, pulling the harmony through longer arcs rather than short phrase punctuation.
How Richard Strauss sounds
rubatorich harmonylong melodybig dynamicscoloristic pedal
Romantic music tends to foreground emotion and color: long singing melodies, flexible tempo (rubato), and harmony that stretches and sighs.
You often hear thicker textures, wider dynamic range, and a more "orchestral" use of the piano with deep bass and resonant pedaling.
Look for heightened contrast and personal voice: the same musical gesture can feel intimate one moment and heroic the next.
Wikipedia
Richard Georg Strauss (; German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈʃtʁaʊs] ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas.Wikipedia
A leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era, and a successor to Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt, he combined, along with his friend Gustav Mahler, subtleties of orchestration with an advanced harmonic style. His compositional output began when he was just six years old and lasted until his death nearly eighty years later.Wikipedia
His first tone poem to achieve wide acclaim was Don Juan, and this was followed by other lauded works of this kind, including Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote, Ein Heldenleben, Symphonia Domestica, and An Alpine Symphony. His first opera to achieve international fame was Salome, which used a libretto by Hedwig Lachmann that was a German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. This was followed by several critically acclaimed operas with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die ägyptische Helena, and Arabella.Wikipedia
His last operas, Daphne, Friedenstag, Die Liebe der Danae and Capriccio used libretti written by Joseph Gregor, the Viennese theatre historian. Other well-known works by Strauss include two symphonies, lieder (especially the Four Last…Wikipedia
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France Musique · published 2026-05-29
Felicity Lott chante en allemand. « Auf Flügeln des Gesanges »... Sur les ailes du chant...
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France Musique · published 2026-05-20
La soprano Inge Borkh chante Richard Strauss avec Fritz Reiner
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France Musique · published 2026-05-01
Quelle musique entendez-vous sur "La Chute d'Icare" d'Henri Matisse ?
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France Musique · published 2026-04-12
Salomé de Strauss dans le oreilles de la Tribune
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France Musique · published 2026-03-22
La Tribune des lycéens :Till l'Espiègle de R. Strauss, Lettre à Élise de Beethoven, Le Vol du bourdon de Rimski-Korsakov
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France Musique · published 2026-03-13
La soprano Sandrine Piau, entre musiques classiques et modernes
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Play videoYouTube · published 2025-05-27 · 2h 2m
Richard STRAUSS Sergei PROKOFIEV I LIVE CONCERT Tchaikovsky Concert Hall CLASSIC MUSIC TV
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Play videoPhilharmonie de Paris · published 2025-05-17 · 8m
Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra de Richard Strauss | Les Clés du classique #36
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Play videoCarnegie Hall · published 2025-05-16 · 2m
Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts: “Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote” | Carnegie Hall+
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Play videoBerlin Philharmonic · published 2024-05-17 · 2m
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Kirill Petrenko · Berliner Philharmoniker
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Play videoCarnegie Hall · published 2024-05-16 · 1m
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: "Thus Spake Richard Strauss" | Carnegie Hall+
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Play videoWigmore Hall · published 2022-05-18 · 3m
Simon Höfele & Elisabeth Brauss - Richard Strauss, Das Rosenband Op. 36 No. 1
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Play videoYouTube · published 2022-02-12 · 54m
Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie / Karajan - Berliner Philharmoniker / Live Recording 1982
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Play videoYouTube · published 2021-02-12 · 54m
An Alpine Symphony / Richard Strauss / Vasily Petrenko / Oslo Philharmonic
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Play videoYouTube · published 2015-02-14 · 37m
Verbier Festival: Richard Strauss - Piano Quartet in C minor Op.13
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