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Flashcards by mtempleton1, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by mtempleton1
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Timeline | 1864 - Born in Germany 1870 - Began composing 1888 - Macbeth 1889 - Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration 1895 - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks 1896 - Thus Spake Zarathustra 1897 - Don Quixote 1898 - A hero's Life 1893 - Sinfonia Domestica 1905 - Saloma 1908 - Elektra 1910 - Der Rosenkavalier 1941 - Capriccio (last opera) 194 - The four last songs 1949 - Dies in Germany |
| Additional Notes | - Son of a famous horn player and minor composer Franz Strauss - leading German composer of late Romantic and early modern eras. - One of the most famous conductors of his time - His favorite composers were Beethoven, Wagner and Mozart. Also loved Berloiz and Liszt _excelled in Tone poems, Lieder and operas |
| Two periods of his Creative Life | 1 - Birth until 1910 - noted for modern tendencies. Brilliant and difficult writing for huge orchestra, chromaticism that verges on atonality at times. Considered avant garde " The Naughty Boy" of music. Most enduring music was composed in this time 2 - 1911 - 1949 - Style changed as a reaction against what he percieved as extreme tendencies of his time by Schoenburg and others. Became more conservative and romantic and less bold. Critics called him reactionary. This music wasn't as popular. |
| Important works | Tone poems: Done Juan Death and Transfiguartion Till Eulenspiegal's Merry Pranks Thus Spake Zarathustra Don Quixote A Hero's Life Operas: Salome Elektra Der Rnenkavalier Other: Horn Concerto Metamorphosen for strings The Four last songs |
| Tone Poem | Symphonic poem or similar work for a medium other than orchestra |
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