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
Wednesday, 20. November 201320.30 o' clock México-City ⁄ Palacio de Bellas Artes
Concert in Mexiko-City First Mexico tour
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Johann Strauss II : Furioso Polka op. 260 Johann Strauss II : Accelerations / Waltz op. 234 Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : Tempestuous in Love and Dance op. 393 Break Johann Strauss II : Bandits Galop / Polka schnell op. 378 Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Johann Strauss II : Melodien-Quadrille op. 112 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Johann Strauss II : Champagne Polka op. 211 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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