Idyllen

'''Idyllen''' (''Idylls''), [[opus number|Op.]] 95, is a [[waltz]] composed by [[Johann Strauss II]] in 1851. It was composed for a "Grand Summer Festival Soiree" in the [[Vienna]] [[Volksgarten (Vienna)|Volksgarten]], with the composer conducting the Strauss Orchestra in its first performance. The fifth waltz melody of the work incorporates themes from the popular song ''O Madchen mein unter'm Hollerstock'' (''O maiden mine beneath the rose-tree''). The ''Theater Zeitung'' commented on the Strauss waltz that "it is most original and displays a multitude of piquant dance rhythms which are instrumented with much spirit and, amidst tumultuous applause from the select and numerous public, had to be played ''da capo''."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naxosdirect.com/STRAUSS-II-J-Edition---Vol-24/title/8223224/ |title=STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 24 CD |access-date=2008-10-22 |publisher=NaxosDirect |archive-date=2012-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305071420/http://www.naxosdirect.com/STRAUSS-II-J-Edition---Vol-24/title/8223224/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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[[Category:Waltzes by Johann Strauss II]] [[Category:1851 compositions]]