FOUR LAST SONGS

Four Last Songs - Richard Strauss

Four Last Songs - Richard Strauss

Introduction

The Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, on poems by Hermann Hesse and Joseph von Eichendorff were created in 1948 in Switzerland, where Strauss had moved with his wife after the war (Gilliam, 2009, 75). Strauss last four songs are the most popular and frequently performed songs. The "Four Last Songs" are tightly linked to each other in the mood, style and atmosphere.

Discussion

The four songs provide an ideal deployment soprano voice (vocal favourite composer), surrounded by a large symphony orchestra with remarkable interventions trunk , both Strauss's ...