'''''Farewell to America''''' ([[Opus number|w/o op.]]) is the name of a [[waltz]] composed by [[Johann Strauss II]]. In the immediate wake of the composer's visit to the [[United States]] in the summer of 1872, when he conducted several times in [[Boston]] and [[New York City|New York]], no less than seven publishers issued waltzes supposedly composed by Strauss. Only two from the total of nine compositions that were published are known to have been performed by Strauss during his tour of the United States: the ''[[Jubilee Waltz]]'' and the ''[[Manhattan Waltzes]]''. It is unknown whether or not the other compositions that were published were written by Strauss while he was in America, completed by him after his return to [[Vienna]] and sent through the mail, or that some of the publications had nothing to do with Strauss himself, but were compiled by publishers anxious to benefit from Strauss' American tour and the clamour for new Strauss music.<ref name=naxos/>
Unlike its companion waltz, the ''[[Greeting to America]]'',<ref name=naxos>STRAUSS II, J.: Edition, Vol. 51 CD -- Record Jacket, text by Peter Kemp</ref> ''Farewell to America'' is a [[Potpourri (music)|potpourri]] of melodies previously written by Johann Strauss, including: *Introduction—Introduction to [[Karnevalsbotschafter]] op. 270 *Waltz 1A — theme 1A from [[Wiener Punschlieder]] op. 131 *Waltz 1B — theme 1B from [[Spiralen]] op. 209 *Waltz 2A — theme 2B from [[Gedankenflug]] op. 215 *Waltz 2B — theme 2B from [[Gedankenflug]] op. 215 *Waltz 3A — theme 1A from [[Controversen]] op. 191 *Waltz 3B — theme 4B from [[Controversen]] op. 191 *Waltz 4A — theme 5A from [[Promotionen]] op. 221 *Waltz 4B — theme 2B from [[Petitionen]] op. 153 (composed by [[Josef Strauss]]) *Coda — 15 bars from Coda of [[Feuilleton (waltz)|Feuilleton]] op. 293 (The waltz also has a quotation from "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]".<ref name=naxos/>)
The presence of a melody by Josef Strauss, found in Waltz 4B, suggests that Farewell to America was perhaps compiled not by Strauss himself, but by a house arranger for the publisher, Oliver Ditson.<ref name=naxos/>
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