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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Composer of the Week: Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Episode 4: 1935

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

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Episode 4: 1935

1935

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Richard Strauss (1864-1949), 1935

Donald Macleod focuses on the unravelling of Richard Strauss' relations with the Nazis.

In a series of snapshots of Richard Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on the year 1935, which saw the unravelling of the composer's relations with the Nazis.

Donald Macleod explores another significant year in the life of Richard Strauss. 1935 saw the coming into force of Hitler's Nuremberg Laws and the beginning of a nightmare for Europe. Strauss's relations with the Nazis are difficult to unravel. On the one hand, he accepted an official post in Goebbels's cultural ministry - on the other, members of his own family suffered because of their Jewishness. Donald Macleod tells the story.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the music and stories from five distinct years of Strauss's life

Donald Macleod explores the music and stories from five distinct years of Strauss's life, from the 19-year-old composer's first forays as a professional composer, to the final works of an old man

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