Josef Strauss composed his capricious Arabella Polka in the early summer of 1864. The first performance of the work had been promised to the public for 2 August, when it was to have been included in the programme at the Neue Welt Hall in Hietzing. However, "Pepi" Strauss must have decided against that, because according to his records the première took place at the festival concert given by the Strauss Orchestra on 19 August 1864 in the Vienna Volksgarten. The composition bears no dedication. The pretty lady's head on the cover seems to indicate that the inspiration for the title came from the world of the theatre. The name Arabella, which Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss made famous worldwide with their opera Arabella, was hardly known among the high-society or middle-class circles of the 19th century.
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Painting: The Odalisque
Artist: Marià Fortuny
Date: 1861
Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Walter
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Painting: The Odalisque
Artist: Marià Fortuny
Date: 1861
Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Walter
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