An Alpine Symphony, by Richard Strauss, depicts a dawn to dusk climb up a mountain. We've rounded up two Alpine Symphony experts to be our trail guides up the mountain. Semyon Bychkov is conducting ...

Text by Joseph Von Eichendorff. German composer Richard Strauss led a full life. He was nearly always controversial, exciting and popular, whether as a brash teenager, composer of cutting-edge operas ...

Historians often use the term “the long 19th century” to refer to the period from the French Revolution (1789) to the First World War (1914). In music, this roughly corresponds with the period we call ...

Sarah Urwin Jones is captivated by Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s take on Strauss ...

A prominent personality in the music world celebrated his 60th birthday; City of Vienna made this the occasion for a gala week. Honors both frothy and substantial were recklessly poured upon the head ...

Engelbert Strauss Inc., or simply STRAUSS, proudly announced a new partnership with the Country Music Association, Inc., at The 59th Annual CMA Awards. As partner of the Country Music Association, ...

Music has an effect on human beings. Listening to classical music maestros Wolfgang Mozart and Johann Strauss for 25 minutes lowered blood pressure and heart rate. It is well-known that listening to ...

Johann Strauss, seen here circa 1868, wrote what is probably the most famous waltz of all time: "The Blue Danube." (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Johann Strauss II, known as "The Waltz King," helped ...

Nita Strauss' music is split between guitar-centric instrumental tracks and songs featuring vocalists from bands like Disturbed and Arch Enemy. In an interview with Guitar World, Strauss discusses why ...

Harrowing tales of mountain climbing filled theaters this summer in such films as Meru and Everest. But exactly 100 years ago today, audiences took a different kind of climb when Richard Strauss ...