Velocipede, from the Latin ‘velox’ = ‘quick’ and ‘pes’ = ‘foot’, was the name given in the nineteenth century to the bicycle, that is to say a land vehicle with two wheels placed one behind the other and propelled by muscle power. Sometime in the mid-1860s the pedal drive was invented and attached directly to the large front wheel. These early bicycles with their high wheels demanded considerable skill on the part of the cyclist. Although there was no lack of falls — in fact they became more or less the order of the day, this new means of transport was very popular with the Viennese and spread rapidly. There were even places where velocipedes could be hired, as well as the possibility to take lessons to learn how to ride them, while competitions and races were also organised. Josef Strauss responded to this new trend by, it seems, quickly giving a new quick polka he had just composed the title Vélocipède. Unfortunately no exact date for its first performance is known. The music publishing house of Carl Anton Spina in Vienna brought out an arrangement for piano solo and the orchestral parts in the summer/autumn of 1869.
Josef Strauss : Vélocipède / Polka schnell op. 259 © by WJSO-Archive
Tuesday, 28. February 201710.05 o' clock Radio ⁄ Ö1
Radio transmission Anniversary concert | 1966 - 2016 | 50 years Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Carnival in Rome» Johann Strauss II : New Life / Polka française op. 278 Johann Strauss II : The Bayadere / Quick polka op. 351 Josef Strauss : Village Swallows from Austria / Waltz op. 164 Josef Strauss : The Dancing Muse / Polka mazurka op. 266 Josef Strauss : Vélocipède / Quick polka op. 259 Josef Strauss : Transactions / Waltz op. 184 Johann Strauss II : Tales from the Vienna Woods / Waltz op. 325 Johann Strauss II : Martha Quadrille op. 46 Johann Strauss II : Click-Clack Galop / Quick polka op. 466 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff)
Hinweis Radio Ö1 übertrag das Jubiläumskonzert des WJSO in einer gekürzten Sendefassung in der Sendung "Konzert am Vormittag".
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