STRAUSS, RICHARD (GEORG)

born June 11, 1864, Munich, Ger. died Sept. 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen an outstanding German Romantic composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His symphonic poems of the 1890s and his operas of the following decade have remained an indispensable feature of the standard repertoire throughout the 20th century.