biography
pronunciation:
[strows]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1864–1949)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Munich, SE Germany. He studied at Munich and Berlin, and conducted at Meiningen, Munich, Weimar, Bayreuth, and Berlin. He is best known for his symphonic poems, such as Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1894–5, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) and Also sprach Zarathustra (1895–6, Thus Spoke Zarathustra), and his operas, notably Der Rosenkavalier (1911) and Ariadne auf Naxos (1912, Ariadne on Naxos). He also wrote concertos, songs, and several small-scale orchestral works. |
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