I suggested that the two Hindemith works listed by Steve Schwartz were one
and the same.  Eric Schissel tells me I'm wrong, and I copy con permeso:

>Nope- the Lustige Sinfonietta is a d minor work from 1916, his op. 4;
>the Sinfonietta in E was premiered in Louisville in 1950 under Hindemith's
>direction and, unlike the Lustige Sinfonietta, doesn't require a narrator.
>(I've heard the last movement of the Lustige once.  Reminded me of Tubby
>the Tuba.  Honest.) To my knowledge.  The timings are also quite different-
>about 20 minutes for the Sinfonietta in E as against about 40 minutes for
>the Lustige Sinfonietta.  This is if memory serves!!!

with apologies

John Wiser
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