Richard Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt.[1] Along with Gustav Mahler, he represents the late flowering of German Romanticism, in which pioneering subtleties of orchestration are combined with an advanced harmonic style. Horn Concerto No1 in E-Flat major, Op..