Bandit gallop
Banditen-Galopp is a fast polka by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 378). The work was performed for the first time on March 18, 1877 in Baden-Baden .
Remarks
The polka was put together based on motifs from the operetta Prince Methuselah . The work thus joins a series of compositions (opus numbers 375 , 376 , 377 , and 379 ) that take up all the themes from this operetta. Above all, Strauss has a duet with a choir for the text In der Stille, very stealthily, we will fetch the treasures and use motifs from Finale I of the operetta for this polka. The title name goes back to the operetta, where a bandit sings the quoted song. The first performance of the polka took place on March 18, 1877 in the Conversationshaus of the city of Baden-Baden under the title Sapristi . The current title was later determined in Vienna. Baden-Baden was rather by chance the location of the performance. Johann Strauss came through this city on his return trip from an engagement in Paris. A few years earlier he had already conducted the local spa orchestra as a guest. Therefore, he was invited to conduct a new conduct, where he also performed this polka for the first time.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 2 minutes and 36 seconds. This time can vary somewhat depending on the conductor's musical conception.
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Individual proof
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 31) in the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), published by Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the eleventh track on the eighth CD.