Originally posted by mercia
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Zoroaster (Zarathustra) is the answer. The names of the two conductors, when translated into English, give you a bouquet (or an ostrich, which is somewhat less appropriate) and what Austrians used to spend before they went over to the euro. -
OK so Strauss means either ostrich or bouquet
did Max Von Schillings record it ? not sure as yetComment
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Yes, according to Wiki (yes, I know....) Max von Schillings recorded it in 1924 or possibly 1925. He might have been paid in the old Austrian currency, and Richard Strauß might have been presented with a Strauß (bouquet - or ostrich) at the premiere or when he made an experimental hifi recording in 1944.
Your 'A', I think!Comment
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lots of interesting informationOriginally posted by Northender View Post Yes, according to Wiki (yes, I know....) Max von Schillings recorded it in 1924 or possibly 1925. He might have been paid in the old Austrian currency, and Richard Strauß might have been presented with a Strauß (bouquet - or ostrich) at the premiere or when he made an experimental hifi recording in 1944.
Your 'A', I think!
oh dear, me again. I must find something more useful to do.
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slave song variations, a Pulitzer prizewinner and a sixtieth symphonyComment
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Appalachia(n):Originally posted by mercia View Postlots of interesting information
oh dear, me again. I must find something more useful to do.
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slave song variations, a Pulitzer prizewinner and a sixtieth symphony
Delius: Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song)
Copland: Appalachian Spring (Pulitzer Prize for music 1945)
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 60 "To the Appalachian Mountains"Comment
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Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
thank you very much, I couldn't have put it better myself
on we go, like Sisyphus pushing his boulder
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A B to link
(1) a failed first night conducted by Liszt
(2) a failed first night later redeemed with a borrowed overture
(3) a failed first night directed by ZeffirelliComment
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Originally posted by mercia View Poston we go, like Sisyphus pushing his boulder
... but slightly more interesting, surely... 
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I'll go for broke, whilst going to bed. Is the B Bronte?Comment
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Would (1) be The Barber of Baghdad (Der Barbier von Bagdad) by Cornelius?Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostComment
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Would 3) be Vanessa by Samuel Barber?Comment
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Right composer, but not the opera I had in mind. According to Wikipedia for Vanessa: "The premiere was an unqualified success with the audience and with many of the critics as well" (and it was directed by Menotti, not Zeffirelli)Originally posted by amateur51 View PostComment
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Ah, according to http://www.sdopera.com/Operapaedia/VanessaOriginally posted by subcontrabass View Post
"Despite an all-star cast that included Leontyne Price, Jess Thomas and Justino Diaz, the opera was one of the great disappointments in the company's history of commissions for new opera. Admittedly the production crew tried to do too much in order to show off what the new stage could do, and the Zeffirelli production and libretto were deemed too grandiose for Barber's more sensitive musical personality."
However, I understand that Barber's Antony & Cleopatra was an even bigger flop (what is the International Unit of floppery?
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