{{more citations needed|date=January 2023}} ''' Lagunen-Walzer ''' (Lagoon-Waltz) op. 411 is a [[waltz]] by [[Johann Strauss II]] written in 1883. The waltz melodies are drawn from his [[operetta]] [[Eine Nacht in Venedig]] (A Night in [[Venice]]) which was a fiasco when premiered in [[Berlin]] on 3 October 1883.
The waltz's primary melody was from the Act 3 song by the character Duke of Urbino. The Berlin production incorporated many outrageously silly lyrics during this waltz song where the singer has to sing the embarrassing 'Nacht sind die Katzen ja grau, nachts tönt es zärtlich Miau!' (At night, the cats are grey, at night "meow" they tenderly say!').
Without further ado, for the hurried [[Vienna]] premiere, the tempo was reduced and the words were replaced with the more agreeable 'Ach, wie so herrlich zu schaun, sind all' die lieblichen Frau'n!' (Oh, how splendid to see, all of these lovely ladies!).
[[Eduard Strauss]] first performed the orchestral work on 4 November 1883 in the Golden Hall ([[Goldener Saal|Goldener]]-Saal) of the Vienna [[Musikverein, Vienna|Musikverein]], site of the modern day [[Neujahrskonzert]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lagunen-Walzer, Op.411 (Strauss Jr., Johann) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Lagunen-Walzer,_Op.411_(Strauss_Jr.,_Johann) |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=imslp.org}}</ref>
In 1921, Arnold Schoenberg produced a chamber arrangement for the [[Society for Private Musical Performances]] in Vienna.<ref>{{Cite web |title=schoenberg.at - Walzer von Johann Strauß [Waltzes by Johann Strauß] |url=https://schoenberg.at/en/schoenberg/kompositionen/waltzes-by-johann-strauss |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=schoenberg.at}}</ref>
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