In 1870 the Society of the Friends of Music moved into its new building on Karlsplatz square in Vienna. It had been designed by Theophil Hansen and the foundation stone laid on 17 June 1867; the final stone was put in place by Emperor Franz Joseph on 5 January 1870, and on the following day, 6 January 1870, the opening concert was held in its Golden Hall. For the inaugural ball of the Society of the Friends of Music, which took place in the new building on 15 January 1870, Johann Strauss II had composed a new waltz and dedicated it to the society. Its title is taken from a very well-known poem by Johann Martin Usteri, which was set to music for the first time by Hans Georg Nägeli in 1794 and soon enjoyed enormous popularity: ‘Enjoy life while the lamp is still glowing.’ Johann Strauss II conducted the Strauss Orchestra in person to give the first performance of his new composition. Johann’s brothers also provided dedications for the ball: Josef wrote the polka Künstlergruss (Artists Greetings) and Eduard a polka mazurka, entitled Eisblume (Frost Flower). The title page of the piano edition, which was published just two weeks after ball by the music publishing house of Carl Anton Spina, shows the new Musikverein building and bears the dedication to the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna. Curiously, C.A. Spina’s successor, Friedrich Schreiber, brought out in 1873 a piano edition with a title page which has a dedication to the Spanish King Amadeus Ferdinand Maria (1845–1890), who reigned from December 1870 to February 1873. However, compositions with several different dedications are nothing unusual among the works of Johann Strauss II. Synopsis: Prof. Norbert Rubey
Thursday, 15. January 199814.00 o' clock Kyoto ⁄ Kyoto Kaikan
Concert in Kyoto Seventeenth Japan tour
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Johann Strauss II : Demolishers Polka / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : City Hall Ball Dances / Waltz op. 438 Josef Strauss : The Chattering Woman / Polka mazurka) op. 144 Johann Strauss II : Russian March op. 426 Johann Strauss II : Enjoy Life! / Waltz op. 340 Josef Strauss : Forward! / Quick Polka op. 127 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Josef Strauss : Delirien / Waltz op. 212 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Johann Strauss II : Ball bouquet / Quick polka op. 380 Johann Strauss II : Fledermaus-Quadrille op. 363 Johann Strauss II : Bandits Galop / Polka schnell op. 378 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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