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ヨーゼフシュトラウス
ディナミーデン
op. 173 (1865)

For the ball of the association of Industrial Companies held on 30 January 1865 in the Redoutensäle rooms in the Hofburg, the imperial palace in Vienna, Josef Strauss composed a waltz to which he gave the title Dynamiden. This is a term coined in 1857 by Ferdinand Jacob Redtenbacher, the founder of the science of mechanical engineering, and by it he meant the basis for the molecular forces which are responsible for keeping together and attracting substances. It is worth mentioning that Josef Strauss was himself a qualified engineer — and also that the reports of the ball that appeared in newspapers made no mention whatsoever of his name.

In fact the Wiener Zeitung even claimed to know that it was Johann Strauss who had conducted the waltz. On the other hand they all agreed that the new waltz had been very well received, although it is not known whether the symphonic introduction, a musical gem, was played then or not until the first concert performance of the work, given at the Volksgarten establishment in Vienna on 5 March 1865. This was the concert at which the three Strauss brothers played all the new dances they had composed for the Carnival season which had just ended.

In the announcements for the concert a phrase in brackets was added to the title, giving a more generally comprehensible and more poetic explanation as well as a perfect characterisation of that introduction: Mysterious Powers of Attraction. In the printed edition of the piano arrangement this finally became the new main title of the work, with the opus number 173.

Someone who was evidently attracted to the work was Richard Strauss (no relation of the Viennese Strausses). He quotes the opening waltz theme with only minor alterations in his opera Der Rosenkavalier. It is not known whether he did so consciously or unconsciously; however, the great similarity makes it virtually impossible to believe this happened by chance.

Synopsis: Dr. Thomas Aigner

Translation: Dr. Leigh H. Bailey

Josef Strauss: Mysterious Powers of Attraction (Dynamiden) / Waltz op. 173 (1865)
© by WienBibliothek im Rathaus (2021)

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火曜日, 1月 01 201919.30 Uhr
Peking ⁄ Poly Theatre (保利剧院)

Concert in Beijing

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Programm
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 序曲／喜歌劇「ジプシー男爵」
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ・シュネル『そんなに怖がることはない』 op. 413
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : ディナミーデン op. 173
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 女性賛美 op. 315
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ「浮気心」 op. 319
匿名の : My Motherland
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「皇帝円舞曲」 op. 437
Pause ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 山賊のギャロップ op. 378
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 南国のバラワルツ op. 388
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : エジプト行進曲 op. 335
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 狂乱のポルカ op. 260
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : 鍛冶屋のポルカ op. 269
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 狩り op. 373
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「美しく青きドナウ op. 314

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