Word: bootheven
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...Between Bootheven and Prokefloff (chronologically, that is) lies Richard Strauss, who, while still alive, composed most of his greatest works twenty or more years ago. "Till Eulenspigel's Merry Pranks after the Old-Fashioned Reguish Manner--in Rondo Form" is a long title but highly appropriate for one of his shorter tone poems, which is also to be heard tonight. When first performed in Boston in 1896, it encountered a most cold reception and phrases such as "a blood-curdling night-mare," "a musical obscenity," and "a noisy, nerve-destroying, heavy piece of work" were recklessly hurled at the composer...
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