Champagne polka
The champagne polka is a polka with the nickname Musikalischer Jerz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 211). The work was first performed on August 12, 1858 in Pavlovsk , Russia.
Remarks
Johann Strauss nicknamed this polka a musical joke . It was composed during his trip to Russia in 1858 and premiered in Pavlovsk under the title Ball-Champagne-Polka . In the work, the composer describes the popping of champagne corks and the cheerful exuberance of a ball. A well-known Viennese couplet was then quoted in the coda. The composer has turned to champagne in many of his works. The climax of this preference was then several numbers dedicated to champagne in his operetta Die Fledermaus . The champagne polka was well received in both Russia and Vienna, where it was first played on November 21, 1858 in the Volksgarten . The work was dedicated to the then finance minister of the Danube monarchy, Karl Ludwig von Bruck . When he was innocent, as it turned out later, involved in a bribery affair and committed suicide, this also had an impact on the polka dedicated to him. Strauss took it out of his program and later played it only rarely. Today the work is performed again occasionally.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 2 minutes and 20 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 43) in the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), publisher Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the third track on CD 14.