Johann Strauss : Sangerlust Polka Francaise op.333 ( Joy of Singing Polka ) скачать в хорошем качестве

Johann Strauss : Sangerlust Polka Francaise op.333 ( Joy of Singing Polka )

He who sings merrily and dances gleefully/is armed against every sorrow/Cheerfulness stirs the sluggish blood/to new passion/raises the spirit/What makes him glad/makes everything good/He sees how the little bird hops carefree/how he glides through the branches/He sings merrily/he jumps joyfully/lightly winged!/What the little bird enjoys in bush and shrub/the singer enjoys too/Dancing and singing/is to him sweet impulse". So (in translation) runs the first verse of Josef Weyl¡¦s text for the French polka Sängerslust, composed by Johann Strauss to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein in 1843. The work was given its first choral performance by the Association - to whom it is also dedicated - at a charity 'Liedertafel' (Programme of Songs) held in the Sofienbad-Saal, Vienna, on 12 October 1868. The members of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein were under the direction of their chorus-master Rudolf Weinwurm, whilst accompaniment was provided by the Association's member Adolf Lorenz on harmonium and the brothers Johann and Josef Strauss playing piano duet! The press reported the polka's immediate success. The Theater-Blätter read: "Johann Strauss stole the show; his choral 'Sängerlustpolka' [sic], furnished with an excellent text by Weyl, aroused a storm of applause. The chorus, which made the heart skip in the body, had an electrifying effect. Strauss was called for and the applause did not subside until the tireless singers, who had sung this chorus with extraordinary dash, had repeated it". The Fremdenblatt (13.10.1868) was in full accord: "The pearl amongst the pieces performed by the Gesangverein was the, 'Sängerlust-Polka' [sic!], a polka by Johann Strauss, a glorious, fresh and vibrant work by the Waltz King. Strauss was called for again and again, and only one voice prevailed: that the 'Beautiful blue Danube' had found a rival". On the occasion of its Silver Jubilee the Wiener Männergesang-Verein took the opportunity to bestow honorary membership upon 'Hofballmusikdirektor (Court Ball Music Director) Johann Strauss', whom it officially recognised as a "true friend of this Association and its endeavours". (This honour was also conferred upon other composers of world renown, among them Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner and Anton Rubinstein). Writing from his home in Hietzing on 14 October 1868, Johann expressed his thanks to the Association: "During my long years of work as an artist I have enjoyed many dear and lofty distinctions, but certainly none has filled me with greater joy than the nomination as honorary member of the Wiener Männergesang-Verejn, which can justly be called the pride of our musical Fatherland. Please accept my deepest thanks for this honour, and also my assurance that I will always be ready with pleasure and with love, to put my modest talents at the service of the Association, whenever I shall be called upon to do so. I remain true to the Association in song and deed".