One of ten compositions that Josef Strauss composed for the Carnival season of 1866 was the quick polka For ever. The reason for the English title is not known, but Josef Strauss may have been speculating about a guest appearance in London. For the same Carnival season he had also prepared a Pariser-Quadrille (Parisian Quadrille), based on French songs. After all, he and his brother Johann had sounded out the possibilities for giving concerts at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 and perhaps also for making a visit to England.
Josef Strauss: For ever / Polka schnell © by Kulturverein Wiener Blut
Saturday, 26. October 201911.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Fall Concert at Vienna Musikverein
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Josef Strauss : For ever / Quick polka op. 193 Josef Strauss : The Dragonfly / Polka mazurka op. 204 Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Josef Strauss : Artists's Greeting / Polka française op. 274 Johann Strauss II : Let’ s Away! op. 383 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Break Franz von Suppè : Overture to «Banditenstreiche» Johann Strauss II : Be embraced, ye millions! / Waltz op. 443 Johann Strauss II : Melodien-Quadrille op. 112 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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