Pamphlets
Pamphlets is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 300). The work was performed first on January 17, 1866 in the Vienna Hofburg and then on January 21 in the Sofienbad-Saal in Vienna.
Remarks
The waltz was written for Mardi Gras in 1866 and dedicated to the Concordia writers and journalists' association . It was planned to premiere the waltz on the occasion of the ball of this association on January 21, 1866. Strauss, who gave musical accompaniment to a court ball in the Knights' Hall of the Hofburg on January 17th of the same year, took the opportunity to bring the waltz premiered forward and to perform the work on that day in the presence of the imperial couple. On January 21, the work was performed as planned at the Concordia Ball in the Sofienbad Hall. The Concordia has accepted the early premiere of the waltz uncritically. The naming is of course explained by the journalistic product of a pamphlet or a leaflet. In this context, it is astonishing that the composer performed a work with this title at the imperial court and in the presence of the emperor, because since the revolutionary period of 1848 many pamphlets have critically dealt with the emperor's policy or his government.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 8 minutes and 31 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.
Web links
Individual proof
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 59) 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 ninth track on the 20th CD.