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Oeuvre: Verführung, Op.33 no.1

Rechercher des événements de musique classique, opéra et ballet
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CompositeurStrauss, Richard (1864-1949)
ÉpoqueRomantique
Type d'œuvreVocale
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A pub quiz question for you, dear reader: with which work did 20th century music begin? The rest is noise, Alex Ross's history of 20th century music, opens with Richard Strauss's 1905 opera Salome, focusing particularly on its final bars. As Princess Salome is crushed under the shields of King Herod's guard, the music turns to what Ross describes as "...a tumult... a howl... a shriek...