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Mr. Strauss

German composer Richard Strauss
(1864-1949) is the last in a line of
German Romantic composers. He was
no relation to the famous Viennese
Strauss family headed by Johann.
There is much controversy sur-
rounding Strauss' role in Germany
after the Nazi Party came to power. In
1933, without consulting him,
Goebbels appointed Strauss to head
the State Music Bureau. In 1935,
Strauss was forced to resign the posi-•
tion after refusing to remove from the
playbill for Die schweigsame Frau the
name of the Jewish librettist; his friend
Stefan Zweig. He had written Zweig a
supportive letter, insulting to the Nazis,
which was intercepted by the Gestapo.
But Strauss did befriend some high-
ranking Nazis — probably to protect
his Jewish daughter-in-law, Alice, from
persecution. When she was placed
under house arrest in 1938, Strauss
used his connections in Berlin to secure
her safety. In 1942, Strauss moved with
his family to Vienna, where he had a
high-ranking friend in power. But in
early 1944, while Strauss was away, Alice

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Steven Colocaru
tors.
This year,
Cojocaru, wearing thrift-store
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catty, silly, stupid jokes on the red
carpet. These jokes were so flat that
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Mizrahi was witty and elegantly
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and the com-
poser's son
were abducted
by the Gestapo
and impris-
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nights. Only
Strauss' per-
sonal inter-
vention was
Richard Strauss
able to save
them; they
were placed under house arrest for the
rest of the war.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26-
28, when the orchestra performs
Strauss' Horn Concerto No. 2 and Till
Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, as well as
Kodaly's Concerto for Orchestra and
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9.
Andrey Boreyko conducts and Karl
Pituch is the horn soloist.
Tickets are $19-$69 (a limited num-
ber of box seats are available for $60-
$114). (313) 576-5111 or www.detroit-
symphony.org.

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