An essay about him in Edward Said's book On Late Style describes his defiant romanticism amid more advanced composers.
An essay about him in Edward Said's book On Late Style describes his defiant romanticism amid more advanced composers. One of his earliest orchestral works was a Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra in D minor written for Hans von Bülow, and his two horn concertos in E-flat major were composed 59 years apart. His finest song cycle uses verses by Hesse and Eichendorff for the Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra, and he portrays his household life as a husband and father in the tone poem Symphonia Domestica. FTP, identify this composer of operas such as The Woman Without a Shadow and Arabella, and tone poems like Aus Italien, Don Quixote, and Death and Transfiguration.
An essay about him in Edward Said's book On Late Style describes his defiant romanticism amid more advanced composers.
{Richard Strauss} (prompt on “Strauss)