Student polka
The student polka is a polka by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 263). The work was performed for the first time on February 24, 1862 in the Redouten Hall of the Vienna Hofburg .
Remarks
The polka was written in 1862 for the first general student carnival ball in Vienna after the revolution of 1848 and also performed there. It was also dedicated to students. For several years there had been balls from the individual university faculties such as medicine, technicians or lawyers. But there hasn't been a general student ball since the end of the revolution. The political background to this ball was the gradual rapprochement of the general student body, which had participated in the revolution in 1848 and has since been viewed critically and suspiciously, with state power. In this context, the location of the ball is certainly symbolic: the Vienna Hofburg, the center of power of the Danube monarchy. The Patronessen Waltz was premiered on the same occasion .
In the student polka , Strauss quotes well-known student songs such as Gaudeamus igitur , Are we not born to glory , and Wohlauf still drank the sparkling wine .
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 3 minutes and 32 seconds. This time can vary somewhat depending on the conductor's musical conception.
Web links
Individual proof
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 49) 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 seventh track on the 16th CD.