125th Birth Anniversary of Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his lieder, especially his Four .. Read more »Last Songs; and his tone poems and other orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and Metamorphosen. Strauss was also a prominent conductor throughout Germany and Austria.

Country:	Austria
Type:	Postage stamps
Nominal:	6 öS
Year:	1989
Size:	30 x 39 mm
Perforation:	comb 14¼ x 13½
Mintage:	2,890,000