Nikolai Quadrille
The Nikolai Quadrille is a quadrille by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 65). It was first performed in August 1849 in Dommayers Casino in Vienna.
Remarks
The background to the genesis of this quadrille is a revolt of the Hungarians against the Habsburgs and Austrians. This uprising was suppressed by the troops of these two states with the help of a coalition between Austria and Russia. During this time also stopped the Russian heir to the throne and later Tsar Alexander II. In Schoenbrunn Palace on. Johann Strauss, who at the time was eager to make people forget his previous sympathies for the revolution of 1848 , immediately set to work to pay homage to the Russian-Austrian coalition. This is why the Nikolai Quadrille was created. It is not clear whether the name refers to the heir to the throne, whose second name was Nikolai, or to the then current Tsar Nicholas I. The work consists of the folk tune of the Red Sarafran . The tsar's hymn from that time is quoted in the finale. The premiere took place in Dommayers Casino , which was located near the Schönbrunn Palace, where the Russian heir to the throne resided. Subsequently, the work was rarely played, if at all, and was forgotten. This was also due to the large number of such works by the composer, which displaced each other from the concert programs. The orchestral version was lost. The CD recording mentioned below was made with the help of an arrangement by Professor Ludwig Babinski based on the piano reduction.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 5 minutes and 57 seconds. This time can vary somewhat depending on the conductor's musical conception.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 91) 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 fifth track on CD 34.