The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Richard Strauss
- The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.
- I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.
- Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.
- I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a Pilsner or a Kulmbacher.
- I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life’s end.
- The most perfect melodic shapes are found in Mozart; he has the lightness of touch which is the true objective … Listen to the remarkable expansion of a Mozart melody, to Cherubino’s ‘Voi che sapete’, for instance. You think it is coming to an end, but it goes farther, even farther.
- Its a funny thing Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und Verklärung.
- On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.
- Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one’s greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?
- If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a German composer and conductor renowned for his contributions to late Romantic and early modernist music. Born in Munich, Strauss was a prodigious talent, composing his first symphony at the age of 16.
He gained fame with tone poems like “Don Juan” (1888) and “Also sprach Zarathustra” (1896), the latter immortalized by its use in Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Strauss’s operas, including “Salome” (1905) and “Der Rosenkavalier” (1911), showcase his innovative orchestration and complex character portrayals.
Despite controversies surrounding his role in Nazi Germany, his legacy remains influential. Strauss’s work bridges the gap between the Romantic and modern eras, blending lush harmonies with new, expressive forms. His mastery in both symphonic and operatic realms has cemented him as a pivotal figure in the history of Western classical music.
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