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A formidable partnership
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Richard Strauss: 15 facts about the great composer
6. A formidable partnership
Strauss married soprano Pauline de Ahna on 10 September 1894. She was famous for being difficult and eccentric, but the marriage was essentially happy and she was a great source of inspiration to him. She died just eight months after him in 1950.
