Pleasure trips by train to places close to — or even some distance from — Vienna, or perhaps by steamship to faraway destinations such as Constantinople, Cairo or even further into the Orient, became extremely popular in the second half of the nineteenth century. And so in the winter of 1863–4 Johann Strauss II composed the quick polka with the title Vergnügungszug, even including in the instrumentation a ‘conductor’s horn’, which was used to sound the signal for a train to depart. The various railway companies, at that time competing with one another, regularly offered their passengers so-called ‘excursion trains’ to attractive destinations.
Johann Strauss II. : Pleasure Train / Polka schnell op. 281 © by WJSO-Archive
Tuesday, 01. May 201211.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Spring concert
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Be embraced, ye millions! / Waltz op. 443 Johann Strauss II : From the Stock Exchange / Polka française op. 337 Johann Strauss II : Furioso Polka op. 260 Johann Strauss II : Treasure Waltz op. 418 Johann Strauss II : « Happy Is He Who Forgets!», Polka Mazurka op. 368 Johann Strauss II : Explosions Polka op. 43 Josef Strauss : Transactions / Waltz op. 184 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Orpheus Quadrille op. 236 Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss II : Enjoy Life! / Waltz op. 340
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