Viennese blood (waltz)
The waltz Wiener Blut ( op . 354) is a concert waltz by Johann Strauss (son) .
The waltz was on April 22 in 1873 by the orchestra of the Court Opera in a ball on the occasion of the marriage of Archduchess Gisela of Austria with Prince Leopold of Bavaria in the Vienna Musikverein premiered .
The waltz is also the namesake of the operetta of the same name composed by Adolf Müller based on Strauss' motifs, Wiener Blut . In addition to the composer's other musical numbers, parts of this waltz are also processed there.
The waltz is one of the most famous and popular works by Johann Strauss (son). He musically describes the joie de vivre of Viennese citizens, who all have Viennese blood in them, and with this work he sets a musical monument to them.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 11 minutes and 43 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.
New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
The waltz is part of the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert at irregular intervals .
- 1941 - Clemens Krauss
- 1951 - Clemens Krauss
- 1955 - Willi Boskovsky
- 1958 - Willi Boskovsky
- 1960 - Willi Boskovsky
- 1971 - Willi Boskovsky
- 1980 - Lorin Maazel
- 1984 - Lorin Maazel
- 1990 - Zubin Mehta
- 2002 - Seiji Ozawa
Web links
- Johann Strauss (son) Wiener Blut / Waltz op.354 (1873) - Commentary by the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra（WJSO）
- Wiener Blut : sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- The waltz Wiener Blut on the Naxos online CD description
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra: "Johann Strauss (Son) Wiener Blut / Walzer op. 354 (1873)"
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 87) in the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), publisher Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the seventh track on the 32nd CD.