Richard Strauss's house

[Florestan]

One scathing Viennese critic commented on that piece: For Richard, I'd rather have Wagner, for Strauss rather Johann and for Schlagobers (= whipped cream) rather Demel's (a famous Viennese Café, or more precisely "k.u.k Hofzuckerbäcker") 

https://www.demel.com/

My own scathing comment: for Richard, I'd rather have Clayderman, for Strauss rather Oscar (minus one s) and for whipped cream rather Capșa (https://cofetaria.capsa.ro/).

[Symphonic Addict]

When a top-tier composer puts himself down in a third-tier category. The very meaning of ignominious bombast. Fortunately, something like that didn't repeat in his output.

[DaveF]

When a top-tier composer puts himself down in a third-tier category. The very meaning of ignominious bombast. Fortunately, something like that didn't repeat in his output.

I'm sure that, since he was practically ordered by Goebbels (in 1940) to compose the piece, Strauss might just have purposely overdone the bombast, much as he did in Friedenstag, another Nazi-approved piece.

Much more disturbing is the fact that Britten was also prepared to produce a piece (the Sinfonia da Requiem) for the same festive occasion.

[Symphonic Addict]

I'm sure that, since he was practically ordered by Goebbels (in 1940) to compose the piece, Strauss might just have purposely overdone the bombast, much as he did in Friedenstag, another Nazi-approved piece.

Much more disturbing is the fact that Britten was also prepared to produce a piece (the Sinfonia da Requiem) for the same festive occasion.

Friedenstag (!) and Sinfonia da Requiem have more substance to me at least, but the Japanische Festmusik is a piece of junk to put it mildly!