From the heyday of Johann Strauss II the Elder a special relationship had existed between the musicians of the Strauss dynasty and Vienna's press. It was an almost symbiotic association, each needing the other to a greater or lesser degree; certainly the Strausses never hesitated to make use of the power of the press for their own ends -- even, on occasion, discreetly rewarding the editors of various journals in return for favourable articles. With the foundation of the Vienna Journalists' and Authors' Association in 1859 the relationship was destined to become even closer. The federation chose to name itself after a Roman goddess personifying civic concord, Concordia, and its musical liaison with the Strausses lasted from the very first Concordia Ball in 1863 until the year 1906. The Concordia gave its impressive annual ball during the Vienna Carnival, and over the years the Strausses bestowed upon it a stream of dedications exhibiting a consistently high standard of invention. It was for the sixth Concordia Ball, held in the Sofienbad-Saal on 4 February 1868, that Johann contributed, as his traditional dedication piece, the aptly-entitled waltz Die Publicisten. The illustrated title page of the first piano edition, like that of his earlier Feuilleton-Walzer (Op. 293) also written for the Concordia, shows a selection of contemporary Viennese newspapers. Die Publicisten belongs to that period when Strauss was at the height of his creative powers as a composer of dance music; the waltzes Wiener Bonbons (op. 307), The Blue Danube (op. 314) and Artist's Life (op. 316) were already behind him, while Tales from the Vienna Woods (op. 325), Wine, Woman and Song (op. 333), and Wiener Blut (op. 354) were still to come.
Johann Strauss II. The Publicists / Waltz op. 321 © by WJSO-Archive
Tuesday, 01. May 201811.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Spring concert
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : By the Moldau / Polka française op. 366 Johann Strauss II : Let's dance! / Quick polka op. 436 Johann Strauss II : Viennese Bonbons / Waltz op. 307 Johann Strauss II : Fata Morgana / Polka mazurka op. 330 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : The Publicists / Waltz op. 321 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Johann Strauss II : Fairy tales from the Orient / Waltz op. 444 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Joseph Lanner : Tarantel-Galopp op. 125 Johann Strauss II : Czárdás from "Die Fledermaus" Hans Christian Lumbye : Champagne Galop op. 14 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Encore Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
Jubiläum Am 2. Jänner 1983 stand Alfred Eschwé zum ersten Mal am Pult des Wiener Johann Strauss Orchesters. Wir gratulieren Maestro Eschwé ganz herzlich und freuen uns auf die nächsten 35 Jahre!
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