Strauss, Richard
(1864–1949)> COMPOSER
Strauss, Richard (11 June 1864, Munich; 8 September 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen), composer, is reported to have shown great talent for music at an early age, although his father insisted that he should receive a traditional education in the classical vein. When the young man left the University of Munich in 1883, however, he had published some music, and he was determined to pursue a musical career. He went to Berlin, where Hans von Bülow had already heard of him and his work. He encouraged…