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
Saturday, 28. December 202419.30 o' clock Taipeh / National Theater for Performing Arts
Concert in Taipeh
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : Express Polka / Polka schnell op. 311 Johann Strauss II : New Life / Polka française op. 278 Johann Strauss II : Voices of Spring / Waltz op. 410 Johann Strauss II : Anna Polka op. 117 Johann Strauss II : Tales from the Vienna Woods / Waltz op. 325 Break Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : Fledermaus-Quadrille op. 363 Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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