| Name | Richard Strauss |
| Born | Munich, Germany, June 11, 1864 |
| Died | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, September 8, 1949 |
| Works |
PM151 ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA [1896] PM203 Don Juan, [1888] DON QUIXOTE, [1897] |
Richard Strauss was a child prodigy in music composition, but the quality of his work declined sharply after Rosenkavelier [1910]. In the early 1930's he became a Nazi member. And after the war he was brought to trial but music in and by itself is not a crime and was exonerated.
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see Milton Cross' Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and their Music, copr 1953.