Spring concert in the Golden Hall

Eduard Strauss I
Jubilee Waltz / Waltz
op. 296 (1898)

Over the years the Industrialists’ Ball developed into a kind of ‘Court Ball for the bourgeoisie’. In 1898, the fiftieth anniversary of Franz Joseph’s accession to the throne, it was a particularly festive occasion, especially as it had been announced that the emperor would appear in person. When he arrived punctually at nine o’clock, Eduard Strauss, who was responsible for the music for the ball, immediately had his orchestra strike up national anthem. The waltz which he had composed specially for the occasion fitted in with the general mood of patriotic rejoicing. This was the Jubilee Waltz, op. 296, dedicated to the committee of the Industrialists’ Ball, and its introduction cites the march by Ferdinand Preis based on Franz von Suppé’s patriotic song, ‘O du mein Österreich’ (O Thou, my Austria’).

The dances were organised by Eduard Rabensteiner, the leading dancing master of the day. However, the hall was so crowded that dancing was possible only to a very limited extent. That did not change until the emperor left the ball at ten o’clock, not without first expressing his appreciation for the successful way it had been organised to the committee.

The guests at the ball were so illustrious and the ladies’ dresses so magnificent that the quality of the Jubilee Waltz and how it was received by the audience appeared to be an utterly minor matter and the reporters did not have one single word to say about this. We do not learn more about the waltz until it had its first public performance at a concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna: ‘It is especially with this set of waltzes that Strauss has created a splendid new piece that was received with the greatest approval; its individual parts display a variety of rhythm, melody and character and come to an anthem-like conclusion.’
This work should not be confused with the Kaiser-Jubiläum-Jubelwalzer, op. 434, by Johann Strauss, the waltz which he composed in 1888 to mark the fortieth anniversary of Franz Joseph’s accession.

Synopsis: Dr. Thomas Aigner

Translation: Dr. Leigh H. Bailey

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Sunday, 15. May 201611.00 o' clock
Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal

Spring concert in the Golden Hall
«Eduard-Strauss-Schwerpunkt» anlässlich des 100. Todestages

Johannes Wildner conductor

Program
Heinz Sandauer : Festive Fanfare of the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron"
Eduard Strauss I : Brakes off / Quick polka op. 238
Josef Strauss : Heart’s Sorrow / Orchestral Fantasy *
Eduard Strauss I : Jubilee Waltz / Waltz op. 296
Josef Strauss : Ardent Love / Polka mazurka op. 129
Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354
Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324
Break Josef Strauss : Allegro fantastique / Orchestral Fantasy*
Josef Strauss : Mysterious Powers of Attraction (Dynamiden) / Waltz op. 173
Johann Strauss II : Csárdás from the opera «Knight Pásmán» op. 441
Johann Strauss II : The Sighs of the Liguorian Monks / Playful polka op. 57
Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka
Eduard Strauss I : Who’ll Join the Dance? / Quick polka op. 251
Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
Encore Johann Strauss II : Niko-Polka (Quick polka) op. 228
Josef Strauss : Eingesendet / Polka schnell op. 240
Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228

Hinweis:
* Bei den mit dem Stern gekennzeichneten Werken handelt es sich um eine österreichische Erstaufführung.
Wir danken der Wienbibliothek im Rathaus für die Zurverfügungstellung des Notenmaterials und die wertvolle wissenschaftliche Kooperation!

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