Biography Richard Strauss was born June 11, 1864 in Munich, Germany. The German composer-conductor is best known for his operas and tone poems. His father was Franz Strauss, one of Germany's leading horn players. Strauss's musical career began at the age of 4 when he learned how to play the piano. By the age of 6 he was composing and by the age of 11 he was studying theory and composition [5, par. 1870]. At the age of 20, he made his conducting …showed first 75 words of 888 total…

…showed last 75 words of 888 total…adored for his contributions to music. Richard Strauss Composer Profile Pual Maguire December 4, 1999 Work Cited 1. Del Mar, Norman. Richard Strauss: A Critical Commentary on his Life and Works. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962. 2. Finck, Henry. Richard Strauss: The Man and his Works. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1917. 3. Mason, Daniel. Contemporary Composers. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1918. 4. Newman, Ernest. Musical Studies. London: Ballantyne, Hanson, and Co., 1938. 5. Nice, David. Richard Strauss: Biography. 1997. Online. Internet. 1 Dec 1999. Available: richard-strauss.com. 6.