Vienna Chronicle
Wiener Chronik is a waltz by Johann Strauss Sohn (op. 268). The work was performed for the first time on March 3, 1862 in the Dianabad Hall in Vienna.
Remarks
The waltz was written for Mardi Gras in 1862 and dedicated to the journalist and chronologist Friedrich Uhl . He repeatedly published articles on current events in Vienna in various newspapers and magazines. Over time, this grew into a kind of chronicle. Hence the name of the waltz is derived. Strauss also reverted to the historical in the work. On the one hand, he kept the waltz in the Lander style , a style that he otherwise had long since given up, and on the other hand, he quotes musically earlier composers such as his father or Josef Lanner in the work . Incidentally, the term Länders style was deleted when the work was printed and the composer then finally gave up this genre. In Vienna at the beginning of the early days, this type of waltz music was no longer modern and Strauss had to move with the times in order to continue to be successful. As a result, the work disappeared from the concert schedule. This was also due to the large number of Strauss' compositions in those years, which displaced each other from the concert plans.
The playing time on the CD listed under individual records is 7 minutes and 41 seconds. Depending on the musical conception of the conductor, this time can change by up to a minute plus or minus.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: English version of the booklet (page 23) in the 52 CD complete edition of the orchestral works by Johann Strauss (son), publisher Naxos (label) . The work can be heard as the fifth track on the fifth CD.