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| Richard Strauss
(1864 - 1949)
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| 1864 |
Born 11 June, in Munich, Germany; the son of a horn player (no relation to Johann Strauss II) |
| 1882 |
Studies music at Munich University; befriended by conductor Hans von Bülow |
| 1886 |
Follows von Bülow as conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra |
| 1894 |
Marries an opera singer, Pauline de Ahna; becomes a conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 1898 |
Appointed musical director of the Berlin Royal Opera |
| 1905 |
Premiere of opera Salome |
| 1911 |
Premiere of his best-loved opera, Der Rosenkavalier |
| 1919 |
Appointed codirector of the Vienna State Opera |
| 1933 |
Becomes music minister under the Nazis, but is soon dismissed for working with a Jewish librettist |
| 1948 |
Cleared by the Allies of Nazi collaboration |
| 1949 |
Dies 8 September |
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