Memory of Covent-Garden
Memories of Covent-Garden is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 329). The work was first performed on September 27, 1867 in Covent Garden , London.
Remarks
The waltz was composed in the summer of 1867 and was premiered in Covent Garden on the occasion of the composer's concert tour to England . The work pays homage to English folk music, because Strauss has taken up English melodies and processed them musically in all parts of the waltz. These include songs like Champagne Charlie , The Flying Trapez and Home Sweet Home . In some cases he has also taken over English songs from the repertoire of his wife Jetty Treffz , who was a well-known singer and who also took part in concerts during this trip to England. The original title of the work was Festival valse comique on popular melodies . The waltz did not get its current name until the following year in Vienna, where it was first performed in the Volksgarten on September 29, 1868. However, on this occasion it was called Londoner Lieder . It was not until November of the same year that the name Remembrance of Covent Garden was used for the first time on the occasion of the printed edition . As a result, the work disappeared from the concert schedule. This was also due to the large number of Strauss' compositions in those years, which displaced each other from the concert plans.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 7 minutes and 50 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.
Web links
literature
- Peter Kemp: The Strauss Family: History of a Musician Dynasty. Heyne Biographien, ISBN 3-453-04621-8 , p. 144.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 82) in the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), publisher Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the ninth track on the 30th CD.