{{short description|1854 waltz by Johann Strauss II}} '''Nachtfalter''' (Moths) [[Opus number|Op.]] 157, is a [[waltz]] by [[Johann Strauss II]]. It was first performed at a parish festival ball at Unger's Casino in the Vienna suburb of [[Hernals]] on 28 August 1854.<ref>{{cite book|last=Endler|first=Franz|author-link=:de:Franz Endler|title=Johann Strauss: um die Welt im Dreivierteltakt|language=de|publisher=Amalthea|year=1998|page=354|isbn=9783850024181}}</ref>
The double meaning of the German word {{lang|de|Nachtfalter}} for 'moth' and 'nocturnal reveller' is captured in the two parts of the waltz, first depicting the whirring wings of the moth, then the gay melodies of Vienna's nightlife.
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==External links== * {{IMSLP|work=Nachtfalter Walzer, Op.157 (Strauss Jr., Johann)|cname=''Nachtfalter Walzer'', Op. 157 (Johann Strauss Jr)}}} * [https://www.naxos.com/MainSite/BlurbsReviews/?itemcode=8.554524&catnum=554524&filetype=AboutThisRecording&language=English "Liner notes"], Strauss II, J.: ''100 Most Famous Works'', Vol. 8 (1999), [https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.554524 Catalogue No: 8.554524] * {{AllMusic|class=composition|id=mc0002383994|title=''Nachtfalter'' (Moths), waltz for orchestra, Op. 157 (RV 157)|author=Margaret Godfrey}} * {{YouTube|l_QpDU-iSi0|Audio}}, [[Slovak Philharmonic]], [[Johannes Wildner]] conducting
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