In April and May 1866 there were numerous performances of a pantomime ballet in two acts by F. Markwort, with music composed by Friedrich von Flotow, at the Harmonie-Theater in Vienna. One of the roles in it is ‘The Dragonfly with the name Dorlores’. It may have been this ballet that inspired Josef Strauss to write a polka mazurka in which the flight of the dragonfly and the whirring sound of its wings are depicted and made audible with musical means.
The Dragonfly / Polka mazurka © by Kulturverein Wiener Blut
Tuesday, 04. January 198319.00 o' clock Reus ⁄ Teatre Fortuny
Concert in Reus 1st Spain tour
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Josef Strauss : The Dragonfly / Polka mazurka op. 204 Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Johann Strauss II : Wine, Women and Song / Waltz op. 333 Eduard Strauss I : By Express Post / Quick polka op. 259 Johann Strauss II : Morning Papers / Waltz op. 279 Franz von Suppè : Fatinitza March Break Carl Michael Ziehrer : Walk In / Waltz op. 518 Josef Strauss : The Chattering Woman / Polka mazurka) op. 144 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Johann Strauss II : Bandits Galop / Polka schnell op. 378 Johann Strauss II : Champagne Polka op. 211 Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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