Johann Strauss II knew better than any other operetta composer how to arrange and utilize the melodies of his stage works as concert and dance music. This example was eagerly imitated by his colleagues well into the 20th century, albeit not with the same efficiency. Strauss (son) was a born dance composer. The fast polka «Tik-Tak» is like an ingenious mosaic of various melodies from the operetta «Die Fledermaus» (The Bat) and was performed in Strauss concerts soon after its premiere on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien, for the first time by Eduard Strauss on September 11, 1874 in the Volksgarten. Johann had been in Italy in the meantime and was also temporarily in Graz. The quick polka takes its title from the “Clock Duet” between Rosalinde and Eisenstein in the second act of the operetta. The main theme “Tik-Tak” comes from this, but subsequently fragments from the scenes of the third act (chorus passage “Kein Verzeih'n, der Eistenstein”) and the second act (chorus “Wie fliehen so schnell die Stunden fort”), and even from Adele's couplet “Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande”, are inserted so artfully that the enchanting flow of melodies is self-evident. A masterpiece based on the motifs of the masterpiece «Die Fledermaus» (The Bat).
Johann Strauss II: Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 © by WJSO-Archive
Sunday, 01. June 200319.30 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Concert at the Musikverein Vienna
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Greeting to Vienna / Polka française op. 225 Johann Strauss II : From the Banks of the Danube / Quick polka op. 356 Johann Strauss II : Viennese Bonbons / Waltz op. 307 Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Break Emmerich Kálmán : Grand Palotas de la Reine / ungarische Tanz Suite aus der Operette "Der Teufelsreiter" Johann Strauss II : Electrophorus Polka op. 297 Josef Strauss : Mysterious Powers of Attraction (Dynamiden) / Waltz op. 173 Herbert Feldhofer : Känguruh-Galopp Johann Strauss II : Artists Quadrille op. 71 Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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