In April and May 1866 there were numerous performances of a pantomime ballet in two acts by F. Markwort, with music composed by Friedrich von Flotow, at the Harmonie-Theater in Vienna. One of the roles in it is ‘The Dragonfly with the name Dorlores’. It may have been this ballet that inspired Josef Strauss to write a polka mazurka in which the flight of the dragonfly and the whirring sound of its wings are depicted and made audible with musical means.
The Dragonfly / Polka mazurka © 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! / Quick polka 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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