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September Eighth is the birthday of Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) and the anniversary of the death of Richard Strauss (1864-1948). I don't know what they thought of each other's works.
Dvorak was Czech and had spent time in America. His most famous work was his Ninth Symphony (Opus#93) dating from 1893. I like his Sixth Symphony, Violin Concerto and String Serenade which are my favorite works of his. Strauss is remembered mainly for his tone poem Also Sparch Zarathustra (Opus#30) which was used in the movie Space Odyssey 2001. Mainly the opening lines of this work. It has also been used in some commercials. Strauss was also a conductor. There are some recordings of him conducting. Unfortunately, they were made before digital recordings, and the quality is not as good as the recordings of today It would be interesting to know what they thought of each other and each other's music. I am sure that since Strauss live another 45 years, he was familiar with Dvorak's music.
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