Wozzeck composer

Comparisons to Wozzeck are obvious — let’s just say Wozzeck is a whole lot shorter and more focused. (Wozzeck is also based on a play of earlier date.) Die Soldaten premiered in Cologne in 1965. Having said what he had to say, ...

Strauss, at that time, thought very highly of Schönberg both as a composer and a teacher, however amazing this may seem. Strauss, by coincidence, was based in Berlin and had enormous influence locally. He secured a teaching post for him ...