roses from the South

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Roses from the South (duration 3:20)
King Humbert I of Italy (1880)

Roses from the South ( op . 388) is a concert waltz by Johann Strauss (son) based on his operetta The Queen's Lace. It is the King of Italy Umberto I paid. The waltz was premiered on November 7, 1880 by Eduard Strauss in the Wiener Musikverein . The piece is part of the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert at irregular intervals .

history

Roses from the South contains motifs from the operetta The Queen's Lace . It was written before or after the premiere of this operetta on October 1, 1880 in Vienna. The first performance of the waltz itself took place under the direction of Johann's brother Eduard on November 7, 1880 in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein .

The origin of the waltz itself lies in a draft for a comedy with the title Cervantes from 1879 by Heinrich Bohrmann . He worked out his material for a libretto for Franz von Suppè , who however refused the setting and the material went to Strauss. The title of the waltz goes back to the aria of Cervantes from the second act Where the wild rose blooms . The word south is probably connected with the dedication of the waltz to the Italian King Umberto I. Other themes that were incorporated into the waltz from the operetta include the truffle couplet and the final theme.

annotation

The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 8 minutes and 23 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 56) 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 eighth track on the 19th CD.

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