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Hermann von Gilm, the author of the lyrics. In 1882, Strauss' friend, Ludwig Thuile, introduced Strauss to the poetry of Gilm contained in the volume Letzte Blätter (Last Pages), published in the year of the poet's death, (and the composer's birth), 1864, which contained the poem, Allerseelen. [2]
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Symphonic Poem, Op. 28. Orchestra instrumentation study score; preface: Norman Del Mar. translation preface (German): Stefan de Haan ISBN 978-3-7957-6619-1; Bribitzer-Stull, Matthew; Gauldin, Robert (2007). "Hearing Wagner in Till Eulenspiegel: Strauss's Merry Pranks Reconsidered" (PDF).
The tone poems of Richard Strauss are noted as the high point of program music in the latter part of the 19th century, extending its boundaries and taking the concept of realism in music to an unprecedented level. In these works, he widened the expressive range of music while depicting subjects many times thought unsuitable for musical depiction.
Strauss went on to conduct one of Ritter's operas, and at Strauss's request Ritter later wrote a poem describing the events depicted in Strauss's tone poem Death and Transfiguration. The new influences from Ritter resulted in what is widely regarded [ 34 ] as Strauss's first piece to show his mature personality, the tone poem Don Juan (1888 ...
Strauss set eleven poems by the German poet Richard Dehmel between 1895 and 1901. Dehmel was a controversial figure in the Germany of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a socialist who had been convicted for blasphemy in Berlin during 1897. [1] He was the same age as Strauss, and "Dehmel worked squarely within the aesthetic territory occupied by Strauss". [2]
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Strauss' grudge against J. Robert Oppenheimer is believed to have worsened in 1947, when the physicist was offered a job as director at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study—a position for ...