Schreker, Franz 03/23/1878 - 03/21/1934

In the 1920s, Franz Schreker was considered, by Wagner, one of the greatest opera composers in Germany; his operas temporarily achieved higher performance numbers than those of Richard Strauss. Much alike, Schreker is a late romantic; at the same time his musical language demonstrates expressionistic elements. It is characterized by a constant harmonic fluctuation with shimmering, iridescent chords