Manfred von Glehn, an Estonian, ready a German translation of the textual content in 1907, which grew to become the premise for a Russian translation by Ivan S. Prokhanoff in 1912. The Russian translation first appeared in the booklet Kimvali (“Cymbals”) and then in the larger volume Art & Music The Songs of a Christian, published in 1922 with support from Prokhanoffs friends in the American Bible Society . Several English translations also appeared in the early twentieth century, however these had restricted exposure.
These composers normally focused on writing instrumental works, quite than opera. Members of this era had been the dominant figures in Italian music after Puccini’s dying in 1924. New organizations arose to promote Italian music, such as the Venice Festival of Contemporary Music and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Guido M. Gatti’s founding of the periodical Il Pianoforte after which La rassegna musicale additionally helped to promote a broader view of music than the political and social local weather allowed.