Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss (11 Juni 1864 – 8 September 1949) merupakan seorang komponis Romantik dan dirigen berkebangsaan Jerman. Dilahirkan di Muenchen pada 11 Juni 1864 merupakan keponakan dari Franz Strauss, dia sebagai pemimpin pemain trompet di Lapangan Opera di Muenchen.

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss menikah dengan Pauline de Ahna pada 10 September 1894.

Karya utama

Nada syair

• Aus Italien (1886)
• Macbeth (1888/90)
• Don Juan (1889)
• Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) (1891)
• Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) (1895)
• Also sprach Zarathustra (1896)
• Don Quixote (1898)
• Ein Heldenleben (1899)
• Symphonia Domestica (Domestic Symphony) (1904)
• Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) (1915)

Karya orkestra lainnya

• Symphony in D minor (1880)
• Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, op. 8 (1882)
• Concerto No. 1 for horn and orchestra in E flat major (1882/83)
• Symphony in F minor, op. 12 (1883)
• Burleske for Piano and Orchestra (1886-1890)
• Festive Prelude for orchestra and organ (1913)
• Le Bourgeois gentilhomme suite for orchestra (1917)
• Japanese Festival Music (1940)
• Concerto No. 2 for horn and orchestra in E flat major (1942)
• Concerto for Oboe (1945)
• Duett-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon with string orchestra (1947)
• Film music for Der Rosenkavalier (1925)

Opera

• Guntram (1894)
• Feuersnot (1901)
• Salome (1905)
• Elektra (1909)
• Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) (1910)
• Ariadne auf Naxos (1912)
• Die Frau ohne Schatten (1918)
• Intermezzo (1923)
• Die ägyptische Helena (The Egyptian Helena) (1927)
• Arabella (1932)
• Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) (1934)
• Friedenstag (Day of Peace) (1936)
• Daphne (1937)
• Die Liebe der Danae (1940)
• Capriccio (1941)

Musik balet

• Josephslegende (The Legend of Joseph) (1914)
• Schlagobers (Whipped Cream) (1921/2)

Karya paduan suara

• Zwei Gesänge, op. 34 (1896/97) - 1. Der Abend 2. Hymne
• Deutsche Motette, op. 62 (1913)
• Die Göttin im Putzzimmer (1935)
• Männerchöre (1935)
• An den Baum Daphne (1943)

Karya lainnya

• Olympische Hymne for chorus and orchestra (1934)
• Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings (1945)
• Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (1948)

Sumber

• Michael Kennedy, "Richard Strauss," The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. ISBN 1-56159-174-2
• Bryan Gilliam: "Richard Strauss", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed August 19, 2005), (subscription access)Diarsipkan 2008-05-16 di Wayback Machine. (This article is very different from the one in the 1980 Grove; in particular, the analysis of Strauss's behavior during the Nazi period is more detailed.)
• David Dubal, "The Essential Canon of Classical Music," North Point Press, 2003. ISBN 0-86547-664-0

Pranala luar

• Chronological list of Strauss's works
• Richard Strauss online Diarsipkan 2009-04-27 di Wayback Machine.
• Public Domain Sheet Music of Richard Strauss at IMSLP
• WorldCat Identities page for 'Strauss, Richard 1864-1949'