Sinfonietta (Zemlinsky)
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The Sinfonietta, Op. 23, is a composition for orchestra by Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky.
The work was composed in 1934, partly in response to a suggestion from Zemlinsky's publishers Universal Edition who had encouraged the composer to write “an orchestral work, short and practical in its requirements...”.[1] The work was first performed in Prague on 19 February 1935, conducted by Heinrich Jalowetz.[2] The composer himself conducted further performances in Vienna, Paris, Barcelona and Lausanne.[2] The American premiere was given on 29 December 1940 by the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos.[1]