The piece closes with an allegro rondo in its key of D minor, and was written for a performer with whom the composer collaborated on his Concerto in F Major, shortly before he began work on his opera The King of Ys.
In a letter to Otto Goldschmidt, the composer of this piece noted that he kept its title in spite of everyone, and was sent a letter of congratulations by Hans von Bulow saying its "happy title placed the piece beyond all others." Its most unusual portions include an Intermezzo in the third movement in allegretto non troppo, and a Scherzando as the second movement in allegro molto. Notably conducted by Hans Kindler at the Rankin Memorial Chapel in 1935, its composer later borrowed some of its themes for his ballet Namouna. The piece closes with an allegro rondo in its key of D minor, and was written for a performer with whom the composer collaborated on his Concerto in F Major, shortly before he began work on his opera The King of Ys. FTP, name this piece written for Pablo de Sarasate, a work for violin and orchestra, and the most famous by the French composer Edouard Lalo.
In a letter to Otto Goldschmidt, the composer of this piece noted that he kept its title in spite of everyone, and was sent a letter of congratulations by Hans von Bulow saying its "happy title placed the piece beyond all others.
{Symphonie Espagnole} (“Spanish Symphony”)