He was minister president of Bavaria beginning in 1978. His symphonic poems of the 1890s and his operas of the following decade have remained an indispensable feature of the standard repertoire. He was principal horn player of the Bavarian Court Opera for more than 40 years, a teacher at the Royal School of Music, Munich, and a conductor. In 1953 Strauss became Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the second cabinet of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, in 1955 Federal Minister of Nuclear Energy, and in 1956 Defence Minister, charged with the build-up of the new West German defence forces, the Bundeswehr – the youngest man to hold this office at the time. [7], Strauss was appointed minister of the treasury again in 1966, in the cabinet of Kurt Georg Kiesinger. During his boyhood Strauss attended orchestra rehearsals of the Munich Court Orchestra (now the Bavarian State Orchestra), and he also received private instruction in music theory and orchestration from an assi… Franz Josef Strauss The West German politician Franz Josef Strauss (1915-1988) was a founder of the Christian Social Union and its standard bearer for four decades. [citation needed], In 2017, Strauss was honored with the Albanian National Flag Order,[12] while a city square holds his name in Tirana. Spouse (1) [1][13], Learn how and when to remove this template message, Christian Democrat Organization of America, "Franz Josef Strauss Is Dead at 73; Conservative Led Bavarian State", "Strauss, Franz Josef – Federal Republic of Germany – Minister of Defense", "Scandals: The Lockheed Mystery (Contd. "[5], Former Lockheed lobbyist Ernest Hauser [de] admitted to investigators during a U.S. Senate hearing that Minister of Defence Strauss and his party had received at least $10 million in remuneration for arranging West Germany's purchase of 900 F-104G Starfighters in 1961, which later became part of the Lockheed bribery scandals. Strauss had no choice but to admit that he had lied to the parliament, and was forced to resign. She died in a car accident in 1984. [6] It was known at the time that a Senate hearing in the U.S. revealed that Lockheed associates paid Strauss a bribe to purchase the planes, due to Boeing suing Lockheed over the lost German business. "[1] At the conductor Hermann Levi's invitation, Strauss played in the premiere of Parsifal at Bayreuth in 1882. Since 1700 the ancestors on his father's side were country policemen at near-by Rothenstadt but … He died on October 3, 1988 in Regensburg, Bavaria. M. 3 Männerchöre, Op.45 (Strauss, Richard) [disputed – discuss] As the allegations were not corroborated, the issue was dropped. Genealogy profile for Franz Borgias Strauss Franz Borgias Strauss (1764 - 1816) - Genealogy Genealogy for Franz Borgias Strauss (1764 - 1816) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Strauss was a strong Bavarian monarchist. Vienna. He became a member of the NSDStB (Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund), (English: National Socialist German Students' League).All students had to be members, or they would not be allowed to study. "Franz‐Josef Strauss and the German nuclear question, 1956–1962. He died in Munich at the age of 83. Franz Joseph Strauss (26 February 1822 – 31 May 1905) was a German musician. He wrote his first composition at the age of 6. At the age of 15, through the influence of George Walter, Strauss was appointed to the private orchestra of Duke Max in Munich, where he remained for ten years. Born in Munich on 6 September 1915, as the second child of a butcher, Strauss studied German letters, history and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1935 to 1939. Franz Josef Strauß was born on September 6, 1915 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany as Franz Strauß. [2], In 1847 Strauss became a member of the orchestra of the Bavarian Court Opera. [4] He lived a single life until 1863, when he married Josephine Pschorr (1837–1910), the daughter of a wealthy Munich brewer. They include two concertos and numerous smaller works. He was married to Marianne Strauss. Strauß studied at the University of Munich from 1935 to 1939. His Horn before restauration: Franz Strauss2. Franz Joseph Strauss (26 February 1822 – 31 May 1905) was a German musician. [7] After a bad attack of influenza, Strauss was unable to play the horn for 18 months, but continued to play in the Court Opera orchestra as a violist, in which capacity he took part in the first performance in Munich of Wagner's Tannhäuser. Strauss was born in Parkstein, Bavaria. In a Senate hearing in the U.S., it was admitted by Lockheed associates that the funds were disbursed to Strauss. Strauss and Hauser had met after World War II in Schongau, Bavaria, where Hauser was stationed. After his defeat in the 1980 federal election, he retreated to commenting on federal politics from Bavaria. In 1983, he was primarily responsible for a loan of 3 billion Deutsche Marks given to East Germany. The West German politician Franz Josef Strauss (1915-1988) was a founder of the Christian Social Union and its standard bearer for four decades. Hauser worked for U.S. Intelligence and Strauss was Hauser's translator. Strauss wrote a book called The Grand Design, in which he set forth his views of how the future unification of Europe might be achieved.[9]. Munich's new airport, the Franz Josef Strauß Airport, was named after him in 1992. Biography. [1] She was a member of a large and musical family, and her brother (Johann) Georg Walter undertook the boy's musical education. Franz Josef Strauß, Self: Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten. The following 1 pages are in this category, out of 1 total. After the 1969 federal elections, West Germany's CDU/CSU alliance found itself out of power for the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic. This put Chancellor Adenauer himself at risk. Lockheed at that time was on the brink of collapse; the German contract was key to the company's survival. He was a composer, a virtuoso horn player and accomplished performer on the guitar, clarinet and viola. [2] They had three children: Maximilan Josef [de], Franz Georg [de], and Monika, who was member of the Landtag of Bavaria and a Bavarian minister. He held the rank of Oberleutnant at the end of the war. In his youth, he received a thorough musical education from his father. At this time, Strauss became more identified with the regional politics of Bavaria. Born in Parkstein, near Bayreuth, he was one of the most famous horn players of his time. Quotes . Franz Joseph Strauss (26 de febrer de 1822 - 31 de maig de 1905) fou un músic alemany.Compositor, intèrpret virtuós de trompa i consumat artista de guitarra, clarinet i viola.Fou el trompa titular de l'orquestra de l'Òpera de la Cort de Munic durant més de 40 anys, un professor a l'Escola Reial de Música de Munic, i director d'orquestra. Oktober 1988 in Regensburg) war ein deutscher Politiker der CSU, deren Vorsitzender er von 1961 bis zu seinem Tod war. In cooperation with the SPD minister for economy, Karl Schiller, he developed a groundbreaking economic stability policy; the two ministers, quite unlike in physical appearance and political background, were popularly dubbed Plisch und Plum [de], after two dogs in a 19th-century cartoon by Wilhelm Busch.[8]. In spite of this fact, Strauss was never indicted in Germany due to his influence. Strauss's parents, Franz Borgias Strauss (October 10, 1764 – April 5, 1816) and Barbara Dollmann (December 3, 1770 – August 28, 1811), were innkeepers (Zum heiligen Florian). Strauss had continued to be critical of Kohl's leadership, so providing Strauss a shot at the chancellery may have been seen as an endorsement of either Strauss' policies or style (or both) over Kohl's. Franz Strauss. From 1978 until his death in 1988, Strauss was Minister-President of Bavaria, serving his rotation as president of the German Bundesrat in 1983–84. His association with several large-scale scandals made many politicians distance themselves from him. It may be best known as the father of Richard Strauss, the famous German composer. [1], International Music Score Library Project, Boyden excerpt about Franz Strauss from book about Richard Strauss, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franz_Strauss&oldid=971613291, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with International Music Score Library Project links, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 August 2020, at 06:05. Among his earliest compositions were a Romance, Les Adieux, and a Fantasy on Schubert's Sehnsuchtswalzer, both for horn and orchestra with alternative versions for horn and piano. [2] He died in a Regensburg hospital on 3 October without having regained consciousness. [citation needed], On 1 October 1988, Strauss collapsed while out hunting with Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, in the Thurn and Taxis forests, east of Regensburg. He was a composer, a virtuoso horn player and accomplished performer on the guitar, clarinet and viola. Born as Franz Strauß in Munich as the second child of a butcher. After Helmut Kohl's first run for chancellor in 1976 failed, Strauss cancelled the alliance between the CDU and CSU parties in the Bundestag, a decision which he only reversed months later when the CDU threatened to extend their party to Bavaria (where the CSU holds a political monopoly for the conservatives). Georg taught Strauss to play the clarinet, guitar and a range of brass instruments. After the war, in 1945, he was appointed deputy Landrat (chief executive and representative of the district) of Schongau by the American military government and was involved in founding the local party organization of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). Strauss visited communist Albania on 21 August 1984, while Enver Hoxha, the ruler from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, was still in power. Franz Joseph Strauss (26 February 1822, Parkstein, Bavaria – 31 May 1905, Munich, German) was a German composer, conductor and horn player. Strauss, Franz: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. Franz Josef Strauß (* 6. But many, if not most, observers at the time believed that the CDU had concluded that Helmut Schmidt's SPD was likely unbeatable in 1980, and felt that they had nothing to lose in running Strauss. [5] Strauss's antipathy to modern music influenced the early development of his son, Richard, who began as a composer in a traditional vein, not finding himself drawn to modernism until he had left paternal influence behind him during his time at Munich University. As an aerospace enthusiast, Strauss was a key player in the creation of Airbus in the 1970s. Strauss was born on 11 June 1864 in Munich, the son of Franz Strauss, who was the principal horn player at the Court Opera in Munich. As a composer, Strauss senior is remembered for his works for the horn. His outspoken right-leaning political standpoints made him an opponent of more moderate politicians and the entire political left. [5] Among the players was his son, who learned the practicalities of orchestration there, and wrote some of his first compositions for the orchestra. The Republicans split from the CSU/CDU over this move.[11]. : Franz Joseph Strauss was born February 26, 1822 in Parkstein, Bavaria (Oberpfalz), 28 miles from Bayreuth. [1], In 1875 Strauss was elected conductor of the amateur orchestra, the "Wilde Gung'l", a post he held for 21 years. Strauss studied at the University of Munich and was an active member of a Roman Catholic youth organization that clashed with the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler. Franz Josef Strauss. German composer, virtuoso horn player and accomplished performer on the guitar, clarinet and viola. [1] He was not in sympathy with the new music of Wagner which his sovereign and employer, Ludwig II of Bavaria, assiduously promoted with productions at the Court Opera. He was minister president of Bavaria beginning in 1978. Franz Josef Strauß (IPA: [fʁants jozɛf ʃtraʊs]) (6 September 6 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician (CSU) and minister-president of the state of Bavaria. It has two passenger terminals with an additional midfield terminal, two runways as well as extensive cargo and maintenance facilities and is fully equipped to handle wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380 . His policies contributed to changing Bavaria from an agrarian state to one of Germany's leading industry centres, and one of the wealthiest regions of Germany. Though the long career of Richard Strauss spanned one of the most chaotic periods in political, social, and cultural history of the world, the composer retained his essentially Romantic aesthetic even into the age of television, jet engines, and atom bombs.. Born in Munich in 1864, Strauss was the son of Franz Joseph Strauss, the principal hornist in the Munich Court Orchestra. ", Ford, Graham. He called himself Franz Strauß until soon after the war when he started using his middle name Josef as well.[3]. Strauss married Marianne Zwicknagl [de] in 1957. Michael Stephan: "Franz Josef Strauß" in: Katharina Weigand (Hrsg. He was born Richard Georg Strauss on June 11, 1864, in Munich, Bavaria (now Germany). While on furlough, he passed the German state exams to become a teacher. In 2009 she was elected to the European Parliament. [citation needed], Strauss was forced to step down as defence minister in 1962 in the wake of the Spiegel affair. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in different positions between 1953 and 1969 and minister-president of the state of Bavaria from 1978 until 1988. No. In World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht on the Western and Eastern Fronts. From 1978 until his death in 1988, he was the head of the Bavarian government. Strauss was born on 11 June 1864 in Munich, the son of Josephine (née Pschorr) and Franz Strauss, who was the principal horn player at the Court Opera in Munich and a professor at the Königliche Musikschule. Franz Joseph Strauss (26 February, 1822 – 31 May, 1905). He was an articulate leader of conservatives and a skilled rhetorician. His father, Johann Urban Strauss, was of unsteady character; his children were illegitimate and he left their upbringing to their mother, Maria Anna Kunigunde Walter. Rudolf Augstein, owner and editor-in-chief of the influential Der Spiegel magazine, published German defense information that Strauss's department alleged was top secret. [6] The conductor Hans von Bülow called him "the Joachim of the horn". 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The son died aged 10 months in 1852, and in 1854, Strauss's wife and daughter died of cholera. Franz Josef Strauß was born on September 6, 1915 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany as Franz Strauß. Franz Strauss was a German musician and composer, born February 26, 1822 at Parkstein in Bavaria and died May 31, 1905. He was 73.[2]. His horn after restauration: Franz Strauss3. [5], Despite his personal distaste for Wagner, both as a man and a musician, Strauss's strict professionalism drove him to devote all his technical mastery to the important horn solos in Wagner's operas. This move, in violation of longtime CSU/CDU policy to allow the East German economy to collapse naturally, was widely criticised even during Strauss's lifetime. [5], Strauss retired from the opera orchestra in 1889, though he continued his conducting and taught for some years thereafter. He was principal horn player of the Bavarian Court Opera for more than 40 years, a teacher at the Royal School of Music, Munich, and a conductor. He led the horn section in the premieres of Tristan und Isolde, Das Rheingold, and Die Walküre. Born in Munich on 6 September 1915, as the second child of a butcher,[2] Strauss studied German letters, history and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1935 to 1939. After the SPD was able to form a government without the conservatives, in 1969, Strauss became one of the most vocal critics of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. [1] Georg's son Benno Walter was later to become the first violin teacher of Franz's son Richard and dedicatee of some of his works. Schmidt's victory was seen by Kohl's supporters as a vindication of their man, and though the rivalry between Kohl and Strauss persisted for years, once the CDU/CSU was able to take power in 1982, it was Kohl who became chancellor. 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