Every year, the repertoire of the New Year concert is all waltzes created by the Strauss family. John and his son are the founders of this waltz kingdom.
Waltz is one of the most popular dance music. The round dance accompanied by it, also called waltz, means rotation. This round dance was originally a triple-beat folk dance in Austrian mountainous areas, with lively rhythm and beautiful tune, and later became a popular music genre. Johann Strauss I wrote 28 works in the style of dance music in his life, of which waltzes accounted for more than half. Because of his achievements in waltzes, people respectfully called him "the father of waltzes".
When Johann Strauss II came to the world in p>1825, he tried to write his first waltz when he was less than 7 years old because he had lived in a music house since he was a child. However, his father did not support him to engage in music, and sent him to an industrial college to study. After graduation, he worked as a clerk in a bank, which made little John, who was devoted to music, feel very distressed. However, his enthusiasm for music increased. At the age of 18, his parents separated, and with the support of his mother, he studied composition under the then famous band conductor Joseph Draxler. At the age of 19, John Jr. formed a band composed of 15 musicians and conducted by himself. On October 15th, 1894, it premiered in the amusement park in Domaia and was a complete success. The next day, a newspaper in Vienna published a headline: "Good evening, old Strauss; Good morning, little Strauss.
Little Strauss wrote more than 4 waltzes in his life, among which the famous songs such as The Blue Danube, The Tale of the Vienna Forest, sound of spring, and Polka of Thunder and Lightning are still popular in concerts, so people call Johann Strauss II "the king of waltzes".
About the Century
As the oldest and most famous orchestra in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has extremely high demands on the taste of the music they want to play. However, it is remarkable that the position of the Strauss family in the orchestra program is higher than that of many great composers. Why do you want to play the Strauss family? Why did the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra become the authoritative interpreter of Strauss family works in the world? These origins began a century and a half ago.
On April 22nd, 1873, in order to celebrate the completion of the spherical building in Vienna's Golden Hall, Johann Strauss II conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to perform his work "Noble Descent of Vienna". According to records, Strauss was conducting while playing the violin. At that time, the report wrote: "The orchestra played dutifully and wholeheartedly, which made the performance a' Strauss-style' success." The audience's response was so enthusiastic that the piece had to be played again. The success of this concert laid the foundation for the cooperation between the "King of Waltz" and the "Serious" Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
On November 4th, 1873, the World Expo was held in Vienna. Johann Strauss II conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to perform many works of his family, including the famous Blue Danube.
Because Johann Strauss II has his own orchestra, he seldom cooperates with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, but they have a very good personal friendship. In October 1894, in order to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's conducting career, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra held a series of concerts. Johann Strauss II sent a telegram of thanks: "I am deeply grateful here, thanking the artists of the orchestra for their wonderful performances and the great joy they brought me."
On May 22nd, 1899, when Johann Strauss II's opera "Bat" premiered, the composer conducted the orchestra to play the overture at the Vienna Opera House. However, during the performance of the opera, Johann Strauss II caught cold and caused pneumonia, and died unfortunately on June 3, 1899.
Even after the death of the great composer, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra did not immediately become his staunch supporter. In 192, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra played Johann Strauss II's sound of spring and Wine, Women and Songs, which had a far-reaching influence.
the real turning point came in 1921. At that time, in order to celebrate the completion of the Johann Strauss II Monument in Vienna, the famous conductor Artur Nikisch conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to perform the composer's works such as Artist's Life, Blue Danube, Wine, Women and Songs. Because of Nikisch's great prestige and influence at that time, many conductors began to imitate him to play the works of the Strauss family.
On October 25th, 1925, in order to commemorate the 1th anniversary of the composer's birth, Weingartner, the conductor, conducted and performed "Blue Danube". Before that, this work had become a reserved track and a comeback track of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's international travel performance on October 17th and 18th. The concert on October 25th, 1925 was also the first concert that was composed entirely of works by the Strauss family.
The tradition of playing Strauss' works benefited from an enthusiastic supporter of Strauss' works at that time: Clemens Kraus. On August 11, 1929, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg, Austria, and held a series of concerts composed entirely of Strauss family works. Due to the great success of the concert, he held similar concerts every year until 1933. Of course, besides Johann Strauss II's works, there are also works by others in his family, which is the embryonic form of the New Year concert.
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