1. Richard Strauss By: Peyton Shafer

2. The life of Richard Strauss Richard Strauss was born June11, 1864 in Munich, Germany. His father’s name was Franz Joseph Strauss and his mother’s name was Josepha Pschorr. He was married to Pauline de Ahna. They had one child named Franz Strauss. He died September 8, 1949 in Garmisch, Germany. This is a picture of Munich, Germany where he was born.

3. Influences His father and a friend of his family, Ludwig Thuille, were his main teachers. He was influenced by the writings of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche and liked Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt.

4. His work Richard Strauss mainly did operas, orchestrial, vocal music, concertos, and modern compositions. Arabella was an opera he wrote. Aus Italien was an orchestrail piece he wrote. Allerseelen was vocal music he wrote.

5. Also Sprach Zarathustra He got the idea for the song from a book, by Friedrich Nietzsche, with the same name. It was used as the opening music in 2001: A Space Odyssey. After being in the movie it was used in a lot of other things. BBC used it while covering the Apollo landings.

6. Also Sprach Zarathustra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLuW-GBaJ8k

7. Sources http://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-strauss- mn0000307408http://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-strauss- mn0000307408 http://www.biography.com/people/richard-strauss- 9497013http://www.biography.com/people/richard-strauss- 9497013