On 20 February, Josef Strauss selected a costume ball in the Sofiensaal as the occasion for the première of a merry character piece set to a polka rhythm. His Gnomen-Polka by no means conjures up mysterious goblins, but depicts a gang of dwarfs hard at work. They are hammering away, just like in Richard Wagner's Nibelungen - especially in the prelude Das Rheingold. It is perfectly feasible to compare the characters in Richard Wagner's Nibelungen to the gnomes of Josef Strauss's composition. Of course, the Strauss polka depicts a happier existence than that in the Nibelungenheim, but both pieces conjure up the work environment, except that Wagner uses the stage, while Josef Strauss uses the ballroom. The character piece must have been composed by the beginning of carnival in 1867, since the polka was already available in music stores just three days after its premiere in the Sofiensaal. The cover illustration depicts a jolly gnome raising a wine glass in a toast.
Josef Strauss : Gnomen / Polka française op. 217 © by «Kulturverein Wiener Blut»
Thursday, 01. May 201411.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Frühlingskonzert im Goldenen Saal
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Johann Strauss II : We’re Not That Worried / Quick polka (Galop) op. 413 Josef Strauss : Gnomen / Polka française op. 217 Josef Strauss : Village Swallows from Austria / Waltz op. 164 Johann Strauss II : At the Double! / Quick polka op. 348 Josef Strauss : From Afar / Polka mazurka op. 270 Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Break Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Johann Strauss II : In Praise of Women / Polka mazurka op. 315 Franz Lehár : Gold and Silver / Waltz op. 79 Johann Strauss II : Artists Quadrille op. 201 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Johann Strauss II : Magic Bullets / Polka schnell op. 326 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Eduard Strauss I : Clear the Track! / Quick polka op. 45 Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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