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	Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic period. He distinguished himself as a composer, orchestrator and conductor, he was described as "the composer with the magic baguette". He composed many songs, chamber music and symphonic poems while he had a significant contribution to the history and evolution of opera. Born in Munich on June 11, 1864, Franz's father was a sought-after horn player in Germany, and from an early age he received a comprehensive musical education. At the age of 8 he started studying violin while he had already attended rehearsals of the Imperial Orchestra of Munich and had studied music theory and orchestration. In addition to music, he also studied Philosophy and Art History in Munich, and began his musical career composing and presenting some symphonic works, as well as a series of piano recitals in Berlin. In 1889 the presentation of his work "Don Juan" left the public speechless: half cheered while the other half whistled disapprovingly. In 1905, with his opera "Salome", Strauss went down in history as the composer of the most scandalous spectacle of his generation. The passionate eroticism he exuded scandalized the conservative society of the time. His subsequent operas, however, calmed the atmosphere of tension and won the audience with works such as "Knight of Rhodes", "Ariadne in Naxos", "Woman without shadow", "Egyptian Eleni", "Tade efi Zarathustra". A few months after Hitler came to power in November 1933, Strauss accepted his appointment as president of the State Bureau of Music. In 1936 he composed the Anthem for the Olympic Games, which took place the same year in Munich. When Adolf Hitler announced the start of the 11th Olympics, background music under his direction announced his arrival. He never became a member of the National Socialist Party and many considered him to have been appointed and to work with the Hitler government to help his son's son, who was Jewish. And indeed he did, when she was arrested in 1944, with his intervention he was placed under house arrest instead of being sent to a concentration camp. He considered himself the last great in the line of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner. He once said, "... I am the last mountain of a great mountain range. The plains follow me. " Strauss passed away on September 8, 1949, at the age of 85.

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Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic period. He distinguished himself as a composer, orchestrator and conductor, he was described as "the composer with the magic baguette". He composed many songs, chamber music and symphonic poems while he had a significant contribution to the history and evolution of opera.

Born in Munich on June 11, 1864, Franz's father was a sought-after horn player in Germany, and from an early age he received a comprehensive musical education. At the age of 8 he started studying violin while he had already attended rehearsals of the Imperial Orchestra of Munich and had studied music theory and orchestration. In addition to music, he also studied Philosophy and Art History in Munich, and began his musical career composing and presenting some symphonic works, as well as a series of piano recitals in Berlin. In 1889 the presentation of his work "Don Juan" left the public speechless: half cheered while the other half whistled disapprovingly.

In 1905, with his opera "Salome", Strauss went down in history as the composer of the most scandalous spectacle of his generation. The passionate eroticism he exuded scandalized the conservative society of the time. His subsequent operas, however, calmed the atmosphere of tension and won the audience with works such as "Knight of Rhodes", "Ariadne in Naxos", "Woman without shadow", "Egyptian Eleni", "Tade efi Zarathustra".

A few months after Hitler came to power in November 1933, Strauss accepted his appointment as president of the State Bureau of Music. In 1936 he composed the Anthem for the Olympic Games, which took place the same year in Munich. When Adolf Hitler announced the start of the 11th Olympics, background music under his direction announced his arrival. He never became a member of the National Socialist Party and many considered him to have been appointed and to work with the Hitler government to help his son's son, who was Jewish. And indeed he did, when she was arrested in 1944, with his intervention he was placed under house arrest instead of being sent to a concentration camp.

He considered himself the last great in the line of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner. He once said, "... I am the last mountain of a great mountain range. The plains follow me. " Strauss passed away on September 8, 1949, at the age of 85.