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The Renée Fleming guide to singing (and loving) Richard Strauss, like an absolute BOSS
We asked the amazing soprano, basically, why everything Richard Strauss is so incredible
6 times the Strauss family had serious beef with each other
“Hey, can you look after my manuscripts after I die?” “Sure!” *burns manuscripts*
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Is this the worst orchestra fail ever?
Prepare your eardrums. We’re pretty sure Richard Strauss didn’t write it like this.
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10 reasons why we love Richard Strauss
Nazis! Moustaches! Movies! Trousers! The life of Richard Strauss had it all, and we love him for it
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Richard Strauss - Oboe Concerto: How a US intelligence officer inspired a masterpiece
When US soldiers tried to commandeer his house at the end of World War II, Richard Strauss told them: "I am Richard Strauss, the composer of Rosenkavalier and Salomé." Then he composed one of the soldiers an oboe concerto...
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Richard Strauss: 15 facts about the great composer
The great German composer was born 150 years ago in 1864. From Der Rosenkavalier to the revolutionary opera Salome, from Also Sprach Zarathustra to Four Last Songs, Strauss’s music is well worth discovering.
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs - a swansong of sublime beauty
From a whole week of masterpieces by Richard Strauss, Jane Jones has one particular highlight
The Story Behind Strauss' Four Last Songs
In completing Four Last Songs - his successful marriage of music and poetry - Richard Strauss also wrote his own epitaph.
Richard Strauss: An Appreciation
Richard Strauss was the virtuoso orchestra composer par excellence, blessed with a colossal imagination.
Chromatic harmony - made ridiculously clear in these beautiful graphics
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Everyone is going nuts over this fantastic melodica version of The Rite Of Spring
Our expert thinks these are the five best violinists ever. Do you agree?
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This is the sound of Alan Turing’s computer - the first ever computer-generated music
