Sung by Vivienne Chatterton
Geduld (Patience), Op. 10
Die Zeitlose (The Saffron), Op. 10
Allerseelen (All Souls' Day), Op. 10 Die Nacht (Night), Op. 10
Zueignung (Dedication), Op. 10

Richard Strauss (born 1864) is one of the most famous of living composers. His Orchestral works and Operas are known wherever there are Orchestras and Opera Houses of sufficient resources to perform them. One of his best-known Operas is Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose Cavalier), which has been heard several times at Covent Garden. Lately it has been made into a film with incidental music arranged from the Opera. Last April the composer himself came to London to conduct the first British performance of this, and shortly he will again visit London to conduct the concert of his works in the B.B.C.'s International Series at the Albert Hall.
The Songs of Strauss have contributed less to his fame than his larger works, but among the hundred and twenty or so that he has written there are a number that have become popular. The general characteristics of his songs are romantic feeling, rich harmony, and freedom of form.