Under the eighty-two-year-old Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Austrian army, Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, the Habsburg troops had won a decisive victory over the Italian forces at Custozza in August 1848. Johann Strauss senior commemorated this significant event with his Radetzky-Marsch, which was first heard in the Vienna Wasserglacis on 31 August 1848, at a "Victory celebration to honour the courageous army in Italy, and for the benefit of the wounded soldiers". Composed in honour of Count Radetzy, the march is dedicated to the victorious Austrian army. Text: Peter Kemp, 1978 Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain.
Johann Strauss I : Radetzky-March op. 228 © by «Kulturverein Wiener Blut»
Friday, 04. September 198719.30 o' clock Gera ⁄ Culture and Convention Centre
Concert in Gera GDR tour 1987
Kurt Woess conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Johann Strauss II : Artist’s Life / Waltz op. 316 Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Josef Strauss : Watercolours / Waltz op. 258 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Josef Strauss : Heart of Woman / Polka mazurka op. 166 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Josef Strauss : Jockey / Quick polka op. 278 Johann Strauss I : Moan gallop op. 9 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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