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Chapter 64
Richard Strauss in Berlin
Lecture Overview
• Founding of the German Empire, 1871
• Richard Strauss
– life and works
– Salome, concluding monologue
• (optional: Strauss’s tone poems)
• Review
The German World in 1871
The modern nation of
Germany was founded in
1871, just following the
defeat of France in the
Franco-Prussian War.
This map shows its
expansive borders. The
new German empire of
1871 extended far into the
northeast of Europe (into
what is now Poland and
Russia) and to the west into
what is now France
(including the regions of
Alsace and Lorraine).
Some German-speaking
lands were excluded from
the empire, including
Austria and neutral
Switzerland.
The Life of Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
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1864 born in Munich, son of a
French horn virtuoso
1885 begins the career of
conductor and composer
1898 rises to the position of
conductor of the Berlin court
opera
1898 appointed Music Director
in Berlin
1905 opera Salome completed
1908 settles in GarmischPartenkirchen between opera
performances
1919 conducts at the Vienna
opera
1945 moves to Switzerland
following World War I
1949 dies in Garmisch
Principal Compositions by Richard Strauss
• Opera: 15, including
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Salome
Elektra
Der Rosenkavalier
Ariadne auf Naxos
Arabella
• Orchestra: tone poems, including
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Don Juan
Death and Transfiguration
Ein Heldenleben
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
An Alpine Symphony
Metamorphoses
• Songs: about 200 including the orchestral Four Last
Songs
Richard Strauss, Salome, 1905,
concluding passage
Through-composed form
Review Key Terms
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tone poem
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Oscar Wilde
xylophone
heckelphone
“Dance of the Seven Veils”
Hugo Riemann
Felix Draeseke