Richard Strauss Sheet Music for Orchestra

In 1945 Strauss allowed an orchestral Rosenkavalier Suite to be published, but he was apparently not involved in creating it. It is likely that conductor Artur Rodzinski arranged it, as he had conduct...

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Richard Strauss composed his Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, between 1882 and 1883. The work, which he wrote at the age of only eighteen and dedicated to his father, Franz Strauss—one of the most promine...

Richard Strauss composed his Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, between 1882 and 1883. The work, which he wrote at the age of only eighteen and dedicated to his father, Franz Strauss—one of the most promine...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) composed his Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (TrV 209) in 1902-1903, creating one of his most expansive and personal tone poems, a richly orchestrated portrait of a day in the...

Shortly after the Second World War, Richard Strauss, then 80 years old, had remained safe in his villa in Garmisch, though cultural life in Europe had come to a complete standstill. The American occup...

In his compositions, Richard Strauss demonstrates his deep understanding of the character of the Romantic horn. He achieved his greatest success in this respect with his first horn concerto, which - a...

Richard Strauss composed his second horn concerto about 60 years after his first horn concerto, having recently considered that his actual creativity had come to an end with his opera Capriccio. The l...

Richard Strauss was aware (especially following the success of his 'Don Juan') of his reputation and above all of his 'value' as a composer, which led him to rewrite several of his successful works by...

Strauss had originally intended that Don Quixote always be performed, if possible, together with Heldenleben, “since Don Q. in particular is only fully comprehensible alongside Heldenleben.” To date,...

Richard Strauss war die französische Fassung seiner Salome besonders wichtig. Für den kongenialen Text von Romain Rolland komponierte er umfänglich die Gesangslinien um. Die neue Fassung gilt als Unik...

When the 24-year-old Richard Strauss, assistant conductor in Munich, began the composition of his third tone poem in the summer of 1888, he saw himself close to the aspiration prescribed by his mentor...

Aus Italien ist eine sinfonische Dichtung im Gewand einer großen, viersätzigen Sinfonie, die zunächst fünfsätzig geplant war. Strauss komponierte das Werk im Alter von 22 Jahren, widmete es Hans von B...

Mit gleich drei Fassungen unterscheidet sich Strauss' erste Tondichtung von sämtlichen folgenden Orchesterkompositionen. Auch unter den Bühnenwerken und sonstigen Stücken aus seiner Feder gibt es kein...

Ein Meilenstein für Dirigenten, Wissenschaftler und Liebhaber des Oeuvres von Richard Strauss gleichermaßen: Im Rahmen des Editionsprojekts Richard Strauss Werke - Kritische Ausgabe (RSW) erscheint al...

Tone poem - Urtext edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Picc.3.4(4.Eh).Eb-Klar.2.B-Klar.3.Kfg - 8.5.3.T-Tuba.Bb-Tuba - 2Hfe - Pk - Schl - Str First Urtext edition since the first edition. Evaluation of all ava...

Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1,timp,str (5.4.3.2.2)

Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1,timp,str (5.4.3.2.2)