‘Dear Sirs / Herewith I have the honour to submit to the esteemed committee the title “Shooting Star” for a composition – to be precise a quick polka – for the Hesperus Ball.’ This brief announcement was sent by Jetty Strauss to Hesperus, an association of actors and musicians, and the letter was signed ‘Yours faithfully’ by her husband Johann. The date for the Hesperus Ball had already been advertised as 16 February in the Wiener Zeitung, a Vienna daily, on 10 January 1868. Jetty’s letter is undated.
Hesperos – the evening star of Greek mythology – is the planet Venus, seen sometimes in the evening, sometimes in the early morning (Hesperus had a sister society named Aurora). So how did the polka get the title “Shooting Star”? On the evening of 30 January 1868 a meteor was observed in towns to the north of Vienna. It must have been an impressive event, as from 1 February it was reported in many newspapers, both in Austria and abroad, ‘The phenomenon, a ball of blue flame […] disappeared with a crash like thunder’ (Neue Freie Presse, 1 February); ‘The luminous phenomenon was one of splendour and magnificence […] a meteor moving slowly forward in an easterly direction […] The speed of the luminous body increased unusually rapidly and with it the phenomenon grew bigger […] almost the diameter of the sun […].’ (Neue Freie Presse, 3 February).
This means that Jetty’s letter was written at the beginning of February 1868, not earlier, but not later either, because from 6 February there were already announcements that Johann Strauss was preparing a quick polka with the title “Shooting Star” for the Hesperus Ball. He thus had ten days to complete a composition which is orchestrated so as illustrate in music dazzling flashes of light and thunder.
Johann Strauss II. Thunder and Lightning op. 324 © by WJSO-Archive
土曜日, 4月 05 202521.30 Uhr MEO Arena
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アルフレッド･ エシュヴェ 指揮者 Nikola Hillebrand ソプラノ Saimir Pirgu テノール Thomas Hampson バリトン
Programm ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : 喜歌劇「こうもり」序曲 ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「春の声」 op. 410 ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : «Treu sein, das liegt mir nicht» aus der Operette «Eine Nacht in Venedig» ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : トリッチ・トラッチ・ポルカ op. 214 ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : «Als flotter Geist», Entreecouplet aus der Operette «Der Zigeunerbaron» ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : 「ウィーン気質」 ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ「浮気心」 op. 319 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 : ポルカ「雷鳴と電光」 op. 324 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 : ポルカ「ハンガリー万歳！ op. 332 ヨハン･ シュトラウス2世 : Medley für Sopran, Tenor und Bariton
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