Word: sinfonia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sinfonia Domestica, which had its world premiere in Manhattan almost exactly 20 years ago. This symphony in one movement represents a day in the composer's life; it has three leading themes, representing Papa, Mama and the Baby. The Baby's theme is the noisiest, and comes to the fore particularly in a spot which represents...
Baby in his bath. His last output in this form is his Alpine Symphony and the Wedding Prelude, written for his son Franz's nuptials early this year. The Baby of the Sinfonia has grown up. Strauss is almost as famous for his operas as for his tone-poems. These are Guntram (1894), Feuersnot (1901), Salome (1905) which raised a storm and had to be suppressed when it first came to the U. S. but which now pro vides Mary Garden with one of her favorite roles, Elektra (1909) at the first production of which the composer wanted real...