Donald Macleod explores the music and stories from five distinct years of Strauss's life, from the 19-year-old composer's first forays as a professional composer, to the final works of an old man ...

Constanze Geiger began performing her own works in public when she was 8. A waltz she wrote at age 12 will make history at ...

The influential pianist, composer and conductor Hans von Bülow took a shine to the young Strauss. When he left his orchestra at Meiningen in 1885, Strauss took over for a year. Von Bülow was an ardent ...