In the autumn of 1888, Johann Strauss II returned to Vienna from his engagement in Russia at the end of November. His first contract with the Russian railway company, where he had conducted these events as its conductor, had expired, and nobody in Vienna really knew what Strauss was planning for the near future. The city was full of rumours: they concerned the artistic projects of the young music director, but above all the alleged or actual amorous adventures of the dashing artist. In addition, at the same time, a joke paper entitled "Tritsch-Tratsch“ (Chit-Chat) was founded in the imperial city. Johann Strauss II designed a polka titled "Tritsch-Tratsch" and brought it home from his trip to Russia. On November 24, 1888, he used the opportunity of a concert in the cozy setting of the "Zum Grossen Zeisig" establishment and performed this work there for the first time. There was cheering and commotion in the audience. A few weeks later the first edition of the amusing polka, which the publisher Haslinger had rushed to issue, was already sold out. Such a paragraph would certainly also have been welcome in the "Tritsch-Tratsch" joke. Text: Prof. Franz Mailer
Johann Strauss II. : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 © by WJSO-Archive
Sunday, 26. October 202515.30 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Anniversary concert «200 Years of Johann Strauss II»
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Johann Strauss II : Fantasy Flowers / Polka mazurka op. 241 Johann Strauss II : Danube Maidens / Waltz op. 427 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : With Us at Home / Waltz op. 361 Break Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss II : An der Elbe / Waltz op. 477 Johann Strauss II : By the Moldau / Polka française op. 366 Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Johann Strauss II : Csárdás from the opera «Knight Pásmán» op. 441 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437
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