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, 19. May 196819.30 o' clock Winterthur ⁄ Stadthaus
Concert in Winterthur German, Suisse and Netherlands tour
Eduard Strauss II conductor Clementine Mayer soprano Peter Luipold tenor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Johann Strauss II : «Als flotter Geist», Entree couplet from the operetta “The Gypsy Baron” Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Josef Strauss : Village Swallows from Austria / Waltz op. 164 Johann Strauss II : « Happy Is He Who Forgets!», Polka Mazurka op. 368 Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Johann Strauss II : Perpetual Motion / Musical joke op. 257 Johann Strauss II : Lagunen-Walzer, nach Motiven der Operette "Eine Nacht in Venedig" op. 411 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Johann Strauss II : Wer uns getraut, Duett aus der Operette «Der Zigeunerbaron» Johann Strauss II : Anna Polka op. 117 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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