Wedding dance
Wedding dance is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 453). The work was performed for the first time on November 12, 1893 in the concert hall of the Wiener Musikverein .
Remarks
The waltz was composed on the occasion of the wedding between the then Prince and future King of Bulgaria Ferdinand I (1861–1948) and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870–1899). Ferdinand, who came from the Saxe-Coburg-Koháry dynasty , was a personal friend of Johann Strauss and also helped him to arrange his wedding to Adele Deutsch-Strauss. On the occasion of Ferdinand's wedding, Strauss dedicated the festival march , op. 452, to him and his bride the waltz wedding dance . The work was generally well received at the time.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 10 minutes and 9 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.
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Individual proof
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 85) in the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), publisher Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the eleventh track on the 31st CD.