Richard Strauss

Krämerspiegel, 12 songs, op. 66, TrV236

Op. 66

Composed 1918

Vocal

Krämerspiegel (Shopkeeper's Mirror), Op. 66, is a 1921 song cycle of 12 songs written by Richard Strauss. The songs were set to texts commissioned by Strauss in a piqued response to a contractual obligation to produce a set of songs for his publisher. The texts were provided by Berlin literary critic Alfred Kerr, who wrote for Strauss a set of acidic verses ridiculing the music publishing business and containing in-jokes attacking some of Strauss' enemies such as Bote & Bock. The list of titles is:

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