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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: Strauss 150

Composer of the Week: Strauss 150: Episode 4: Inter-War Years

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Episode 4: Inter-War Years

Strauss 150

Inter-War Years

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Strauss 150, Inter-War Years

Donald Macleod with music from three important Strauss operas written between the wars.

Donald Macleod introduces music from three important operas, written between the wars, when Strauss found himself drawn into the Nazi party's propaganda machine.

As the Nazi party began to interest itself in the political influence of art and music, Strauss, as Germany's most high profile composer, found himself drawn inexorably into the party's propaganda machine. Donald Macleod introduces music from the inter-war years including six songs written for the soprano Elisabeth Schumann and music from three more important operas, including one which provides a revealing fly-on-the-wall view behind the scenes of the Strausses' marriage.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Richard Strauss

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