23 St. 53 Min, 24 Nov 1864 Jahr - Richard Strauss

Beschreibung:

Greatest contribution to vocal music - his operas
Composed over 100 lieder, a majority of which were written before 1900
Married to a soprano w/ big voice
Followed Mahler’s lead and also wrote orchestrated song cycles, including his last cycle, Vier letzte Lieder.
Started to get a bad rap in Vienna bc he worked the orchestra too hard

Early operas:
Salome (1905)
Elecktra (1909)
Rosenkavalier (1911)