50th anniversary of death of Richard Strauss - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1999 - 300 Pfennig
Theme: Art & Culture
Country | Germany / Federal Republic of Germany |
Issue Date | 1999 |
Face Value | 300.00 |
Perforation | K 13 1/4 |
Printing Type | offset |
Stamp Type | Postage stamp |
Item Type | Stamp |
Chronological Issue Number | 1949 |
Chronological Chapter | GER-BRD |
SID | 715376 |
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Born on June 11, 1864 in Munich, Richard Strauss was conductor of the Meininger Hofkapelle in 1885/86, then Kapellmeister in Munich (1886/87), Weimar (1889 to 1894) and Berlin (1898 to 1919). In the years 1919 to 1924 he led the Vienna State Opera together with Franz Schalk. During his time in Berlin and Vienna Strauss devoted himself more and more to composing. With the works "Salome" and "Elektra" he established himself as an opera dramatist. Six of his 15 operas were written in collaboration with the Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Strauss' last official position in German musical life was the presidency of the Reichsmusikkammer from 1933 to 1935. Richard Strauss died on September 8, 1949 in Garmisch.