FTP name this German composer of Salome, Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Der Rosenkavalier.          
His early works include the symphony Aus Italien, and he changed his primary influences after meeting with Alexander Ritter. The tone-poem Don Juan helped launch his career, while his first two operas, Gunstram and Feuersnot, were unsuccessful. He achieved greater success with his next two operas, based on plays by Oscar Wilde and Sophocles, the latter composed with a new librettist. This man, whose final work was Four Last Songs, would go on to work with Hugo van Hoffmanstahl for several years. FTP name this German composer of Salome, Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Der Rosenkavalier.          |
His early works include the symphony Aus Italien, and he changed his primary influences after meeting with Alexander Ritter.
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