Pásmán Waltz
The Pásmán Waltz is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn without an opus number. The work was performed for the first time on January 6, 1892 by various military bands at various locations in Vienna.
Remarks
The work was composed based on motifs from the unsuccessful Strauss opera Ritter Pásmán . When putting together the waltz, the composer experimented with various design options. In the end, however, the classic waltz form came out again. However, there were great stylistic differences between the individual waltz parts, with the respective transitions being rather poor. The resulting contrasts were not well received by the audience. The rejection of the work did not stop at Eduard Strauss , who simply refused to include the waltz in the repertoire of his band. The first performance was left to various military bands, who then played the work on January 6, 1892 at various events. For the reasons mentioned above, the waltz was unsuccessful. In addition to the aforementioned performances by military bands, it was only performed once, on January 10, 1892, in the concert hall of the Wiener Musikverein under Edward's direction. Then it disappeared in the archives. A part of the work has been preserved as an independent waltz, namely the so-called Eve waltz . This is a melodic part of the Pásmán waltz , which is of course also based on the opera and which has become much more successful. The Eva waltz was arranged by Kapellmeister Josef Schlar, incidentally to the displeasure of Johann Strauss. The Pásmán waltz does not have an independent opus number in the Strauss catalog of works. Sometimes it is listed under the number op. 441. However, this refers to the opera Ritter Pásmán as a whole and transferring the number to the waltz is questionable, especially since it is not a pure outsourcing of musical parts, but a new work. Other musical numbers compiled from the opera Ritter Pásmán are the Pásmán Quadrille , the Pásmán Polka , and the Eva waltz mentioned above .
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 9 minutes and 17 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can vary by up to about a minute plus or minus.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 73) 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 twelfth track on the 26th CD.