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
Thursday, 11. October 198419.00 o' clock Kansas City ⁄ (Exact place unknown)
Concert in Kansas City 1st US tour
Kurt Woess conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Wine, Women and Song / Waltz op. 333 Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Artist’s Life / Waltz op. 316 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Johann Strauss II : Perpetual Motion / Musical joke op. 257 Break Johann Strauss II : Opening march from the operetta «The Gypsy Baron» Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Josef Strauss : Jockey / Quick polka op. 278 Johann Strauss II : New Pizzicato Polka, from the Operetta «Fürstin Ninetta» op. 449 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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