Strauss - Master Musician Author:Michael Kennedy In a career that stretched from the age of Wagner to the middle of the 20th century, Richard Strauss wrote operas and symphonic poems that kept alive the German Romantic ideals of melody and emotional drama in music. Best known as the composer of "Der Rosenkavalier" and other operas, Strauss also wrote many symphonic works, including such repert... more »ory staples as "Death and Transfiguration", "Don Juan," and "Also sprach Zarathustra" source of the famous sunrise music used in the film "2001". This book provides an appreciation of Strauss's music as well as an assessment of his life, including his controversial relationship with the Nazi regime.« less