Indigo March

The Indigo March is a march by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 349). The work was performed for the first time on April 9, 1871 in the concert hall of the Wiener Musikverein .

Remarks

The march was put together based on motifs from the operetta Indigo and the 40 Robbers , which premiered in 1871 . He joins a series of works (opus numbers 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 350 and 351 ) that take up all the themes from this operetta. Here, Strauss mainly used motifs from the first finale and the third act of the operetta. The world premiere was directed by Eduard Strauss .

The playing time on the CD listed under itemization is 2 minutes and 19 seconds. This time can vary somewhat depending on the conductor's musical conception.

Web links

The Indigo March on the Naxos online CD description

Individual evidence

↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 32) 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 third track on the 9th CD.

[1] Source: English version of the booklet (page 32) 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 third track on the 9th CD.