"Which English composer gave the Italian title ""Sinfonia Antartica"" to his seventh symphony?"
Sinfonia antartica Sinfonia antartica Sinfonia antartica ("Antarctic Symphony") is the Italian title given by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams to his seventh symphony. Vaughan Williams provided the music for the film "Scott of the Antarctic" in 1947, and was so inspired by the subject that he incorporated much of the music into a symphony. The piece was begun in 1949, and composition completed in 1952, with a dedication to Ernest Irving. The first performance took place on 14 January 1953 in Manchester with Sir John Barbirolli conducting the Hallé Orchestra; the soprano soloist was Margaret Ritchie. The first American performance was
Sinfonia (Berio) four. The movement revisits the text from the previous sections, organizing the material in a more orderly fashion to create what Berio calls "narrative substance." It opens with a quotation from Lévi-Strauss that is at the same time a veiled reference to Mahler's second symphony: the fifth movement of "Sinfonia" opens with the words "rose de sang" (French for "rose of blood"), and the fourth movement of Mahler's symphony begins with the words "O Röschen rot!" (German for "O red rosebud!") . Sinfonia (Berio) Sinfonia (Symphony) is a composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio which was commissioned by the