STRAUSS, RICHARD


Meaning of STRAUSS, RICHARD in English

Strauss, Richard BrE AmE

(1864–1949) a German ↑ composer known especially for his ↑ symphonic poems, his ↑ opera s , especially Der Rosenkavalier (1911), and his Four Last Songs (1948). One of his symphonic poems, Also sprach Zarathustra (1895) was used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

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