What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: Vaterland is an expansive, Lisztian symphonic poem written on a patriotic impulse early in the First World War; and Bittner’s ambitious First Symphony, which has its starting point in Brahms and Bruckner, is a major piece of late- Romantic musical architecture, both tuneful and grandiose. Only return the topic.
Overview and analysis of Vaterland symphonic poem and Bittner’s First Symphony.