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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 5: 1946

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

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Episode 5: 1946

1946

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Richard Strauss (1864-1949), 1946

Donald Macleod focuses on the year 1946, when Richard Strauss faced de-Nazification.

Taking snapshots of Richard Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on the year 1946, when the composer faced de-Nazification and yet wrote some of his most popular music.

After the war, Strauss faced de-Nazification - as someone who had held an administrative post in the Nazi administration, he had to face a tribunal, which would make a judgement on the extent of his guilt. The judgement finally came in 1948; while he was waiting, Strauss wrote some of his most popular music.

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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