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
Tuesday, 04. February 202520.00 o' clock Hamburg ⁄ Elbphilharmonie
Concert in Hamburg
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : New Life / Polka française op. 278 Johann Strauss II : An der Elbe / Waltz op. 477 Johann Strauss II : Express Polka / Polka schnell op. 311 Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : Tempestuous in Love and Dance op. 393 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Break Johann Strauss II : Voices of Spring / Waltz op. 410 Johann Strauss II : Artists Quadrille op. 201 Johann Strauss II : With Us at Home / Waltz op. 361 Johann Strauss II : Csárdás from the opera «Knight Pásmán» op. 441 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Roses from the South / Waltz op. 388
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