{{Short description|1844 waltz composed by Johann Strauss II}} [[File:Johannstraussadvert.jpg|right|250px]] '''Sinngedichte''' (''Poems of the Senses'' or ''Epigrams''), [[opus number|Op.]] 1, is a [[waltz]] composed by [[Johann Strauss II]] in 1844 for his debut as a composer at {{ill|Café Dommayer|de|lt=Dommayer's Casino}} in Vienna.<ref name=naxos>{{cite web |url=http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.223201 |title=Strauss II, J.: Edition - Vol. 1 CD |accessdate=2008-10-09 |publisher=NaxosDirect |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161905/http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.223201 |archivedate=2011-07-14 }}</ref> The waltz was played along with several other compositions that Strauss had written for the occasion, such as the waltz [[Gunstwerber]] and the polka [[Herzenslust]]. The waltz was an unprecedented success when first performed, and had to be repeated a record nineteen times.<ref>{{cite book |title=Johann Strauss, Father and Son: A Century of Light Music|author=H. E. Jacob |year=1940 |publisher=The Greystone Press|page=131}}</ref>
;Waltz 1 :<score sound="1"> \relative b' { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \key d \minor \time 3/4 \partial 2 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo "" 2. = 48 << { <c c'>-. <c c'>-. <c c'>-. r <a a'>-. <bes bes'>-. r <g g'>-. f'( <f f'>->) <e e'>8-.( <d d'>-.) <c c'>2. e4( <e e'>->) <d d'>8 <c c'> <bes bes'>2. c4( <d d'>->) <c c'>8 <bes bes'> <a a'>2.( <c c'>4-.) r <a a'>-. <bes bes'>-. r <g g'>-. f'( <f f'>->) <e e'>8 <d d'> <c c'>2. g'4\f( <a a'>->) <g g'>8 <f f'> <e e'>2 <d d'>4 <c c'>2.~ <c c'>4 } >> } \new Dynamics { s\p } \new Staff { \key d \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass \partial 2 r4 r f,, <a c f> <a c f> c, <bes' c e> <bes c e> f <a c f> <a c f> f <a c f> <a c f> g <bes c e> <bes c e> c, <g' bes c e> <bes c e> f <a c f> <a c f> f <a c f> <a c f> f <a c f> <a c f> c, <bes' c e> <bes c e> f <a c f> <a c f> f <a c f> <a c f> g <c e> <c e> g, <g' b f'> <g b f'> c, <e g c> <g c e> <c, e g c> } >> } </score>
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