Be embraced, millions

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Be embraced millions is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 443). The work was composed in 1892 and premiered on March 27, 1893 in the concert hall of the Wiener Musikverein. The waltz is dedicated to the composer Johannes Brahms .

Remarks

Even before the premiere of the opera Ritter Pásmán , Johann Strauss decided to dedicate a waltz to his friend and musician colleague Johannes Brahms. The title comes from Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy , the beginning of which, Joy of Beautiful Gods Spark , was also set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven as the final choir of his Ninth Symphony . Originally, the waltz by Julius Stettenheim, a friend of Strauss, was planned for a journalists' ball in Berlin. It was also Stettenheim who had the idea to name the waltz after the Schiller quote. However, he could not get his way with the plan for a Berlin world premiere because the composer had already promised Princess Pauline von Metternich that the work would be premiered at an international exhibition for music and theater that she organized. But even this plan was not implemented because Strauss was annoyed that his orchestra should not play this premiere. After all, the work was played for the first time on March 27, 1892 with his brother Eduard's band in the hall of the Wiener Musikverein. The whole process led to an upset between Pauline Metternich and Strauss, who also refused her an operetta composition that she wanted. It was not until September 13th that the waltz was played at the exhibition of the princess by the Strauss Orchestra under the direction of Edward. The waltz was very well received and was played in almost every concert of the Strauss Orchestra at the time. Today the work is not played that often anymore. Occasionally, however, it is still performed in concerts. The playing time is about 9-10 minutes, depending on the musical understanding of the respective conductor.

literature

  • Peter Kemp: The Strauss Family: History of a Musician Dynasty. Heyne Biographien, ISBN 3-453-04621-8 , pp. 261f.

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Individual proof

  1. ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 57) of the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), publisher Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the eleventh track on the 19th CD.