Mephistus calls to hell
Mephistos Höllenruf is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 101). The work was performed for the first time on October 12, 1851 in the Volksgarten in Vienna .
Remarks
The waltz was composed for a promenade concert in Vienna's Volksgarten and premiered there in front of an audience of three thousand. Strauss kept the work in the style of his late father . The motto for both music and decoration was the migration into the ocean of fire . Hence the name, whereby the ocean of fire is equated with hell. At the premiere, the waltz had to be repeated three times. Even after that it found its permanent place in concert programs to this day.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 8 minutes and 10 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.
Web links
- The Strauss dynasty in the years 1850 and 1851 with mention of the waltz Mephistus Hell's calls
- Mephistos Hell calls on the Naxos online CD description
literature
- Peter Kemp: The Strauss Family: History of a Musician Dynasty. Heyne Biographien, ISBN 3-453-04621-8 , p. 90.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 96) 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 sixth track on the 36th CD.