Velocipede, from the Latin ‘velox’ = ‘quick’ and ‘pes’ = ‘foot’, was the name given in the nineteenth century to the bicycle, that is to say a land vehicle with two wheels placed one behind the other and propelled by muscle power. Sometime in the mid-1860s the pedal drive was invented and attached directly to the large front wheel. These early bicycles with their high wheels demanded considerable skill on the part of the cyclist. Although there was no lack of falls — in fact they became more or less the order of the day, this new means of transport was very popular with the Viennese and spread rapidly. There were even places where velocipedes could be hired, as well as the possibility to take lessons to learn how to ride them, while competitions and races were also organised. Josef Strauss responded to this new trend by, it seems, quickly giving a new quick polka he had just composed the title Vélocipède. Unfortunately no exact date for its first performance is known. The music publishing house of Carl Anton Spina in Vienna brought out an arrangement for piano solo and the orchestral parts in the summer/autumn of 1869.
Josef Strauss : Vélocipède / Polka schnell op. 259 © by WJSO-Archive
Sunday, 24. January 202718.00 o' clock Luzern / Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL)
Concert in Luzern
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Josef Strauss : Vélocipède / Quick polka op. 259 Johann Strauss II : Du und Du, Walzer nach Motiven aus der Operette «Die Fledermaus» op. 367 Johann Strauss II : «Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell», Duett aus der Operette «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : «Klänge der Heimat», Csardas der Rosalinde aus «Die Fledermaus» Break Johann Strauss II : Ouverture zu «Prinz Methusalem» Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Franz Lehár : «Einer wird kommen», Lied der Sonja aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Franz Lehár : «Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand» Wolgalied aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Franz Lehár : Ballettmusik aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Franz Lehár : «Hab nur dich allein» aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
Anmerkung: Die Solisten, sowie das Programm werden zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt bekannt gegeben!
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