In the autumn of 1888, Johann Strauss II returned to Vienna from his engagement in Russia at the end of November. His first contract with the Russian railway company, where he had conducted these events as its conductor, had expired, and nobody in Vienna really knew what Strauss was planning for the near future. The city was full of rumours: they concerned the artistic projects of the young music director, but above all the alleged or actual amorous adventures of the dashing artist. In addition, at the same time, a joke paper entitled "Tritsch-Tratsch“ (Chit-Chat) was founded in the imperial city. Johann Strauss II designed a polka titled "Tritsch-Tratsch" and brought it home from his trip to Russia. On November 24, 1888, he used the opportunity of a concert in the cozy setting of the "Zum Grossen Zeisig" establishment and performed this work there for the first time. There was cheering and commotion in the audience. A few weeks later the first edition of the amusing polka, which the publisher Haslinger had rushed to issue, was already sold out. Such a paragraph would certainly also have been welcome in the "Tritsch-Tratsch" joke. Text: Prof. Franz Mailer
Johann Strauss II. : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 © by WJSO-Archive
Monday, 07. January 201919.30 o' clock Taipeh / National Theater for Performing Arts
Concert in Taipeh
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Johann Strauss II : Furioso Polka op. 260 Johann Strauss II : Voices of Spring / Waltz op. 410 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Franz Lehár : Gold and Silver / Waltz op. 79 Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Johann Strauss II : Tales from the Vienna Woods / Waltz op. 325 Johann Strauss II : Hunting / Quick polka op. 373 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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