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Master of The works of Richard Strauss
schopenhauer The Four Last Songs
At the sunset of his life, a melody from sixty years ago returns.
schopenhauer Strauss's last opera, Capriccio, is a clever conversation piece about whether words or music are more important in art.
schopenhauer Written at age 84, Strauss's final completed works are a peaceful, soaring meditation on life and death.
schopenhauer Match musical clues to his famous works to discover the plays of Richard Strauss.
Final words: On his deathbed in 1949, Strauss remarked that dying was exactly like the music he wrote for Death and Transfiguration sixty years earlier.
A person's final creative work or performance before retirement or death. Richard Strauss composed his Four Last Songs in 1948 as a final, deeply personal musical farewell.
How old was Richard Strauss when he composed his serene Four Last Songs in 1948?
What is the central debate argued by the characters in Strauss's final 1942 opera Capriccio?
For how many solo string instruments did Richard Strauss compose his tragic 1945 masterpiece Metamorphosen?
Which German composer's famous Funeral March is quoted near the end of Strauss's Metamorphosen?
What major global conflict was ending when Strauss wrote his elegiac piece Metamorphosen?
Which vocal range did Richard Strauss favor most throughout his life, writing his most famous melodies for it?