Barry Brenesal ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>As I recall, Atterberg also entered an international contest for the best
>symphony, with a panel of judges that included Nielsen, Glazunov, and one
>other--Casella or Respighi, perhaps? In any case, he won, only to announce
>afterwards that he'd deliberately tailored the work to present qualities
>that would appeal to just those judges.  ...

Are you referring to his IIRC 6th symphony, which won the 1928 competition
for a work to commemorate the centenary of Schubert's death?

Deryk Barker
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