Johann Strauss II: Sinnen und Minnen (Musing & Loving 恋煩い) Walzer op.435 Concert & Ballroom versions

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Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Sinnen und Minnen (Musing and Loving 恋煩い) Walzer Op. 435 (1888) - The Concert and The Ballroom versions
The Concert version:
1st Performance: Sunday October 21, 1888 in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein - performed by the Strauβkapelle conducted by Eduard Strauss
Dedication: Queen Elisabeth of Romania [Carmen Sylva] (1843-1916)
Source: 1st edition Piano Score published by August CRANZ, Hamburg Plate no. C. 27855 (10.24.1888)
Performed by Dr. Taka S. Otagawa (The Pianist) drive.google.c...
Recorded LIVE (9.18.1977) at Aoyama Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN
Equipment: Kawai Concert Grand Piano High-end Radio Cassette Recorder
ANALYSIS of “The HISTORICAL PIANO RECORDINGS” by Herr Karasawa drive.google.c...
The Ballroom version:
1st Performance: During the Carnival Season of 1889
Source: Strauss Edition Wien Score 1 10A 435 W (The orchestral parts published 1.1889)
The Orchestral performance: Courtesy of Otto Schulz-Biedermeier Orchestra (1950s)
The main difference between the two (2) versions is in the CONCLUSION (last 13 bars of the CODA). Johann II wrote “Forte (f)” for the Ballroom version, while in the Concert version “No Dynamic markings” were written, meaning that the Dynamics (and the Tempo) of the CONCLUSION are “Up to the performer”. The (young) Pianist chose to play the CONCLUSION at “piano (p)” with “diminuendo" (a decrease in loudness) and “retardant" (a gradual decrease of speed).
After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the Transylvania province was ruled by the Hapsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire. The independence of the Kingdom of Romania from the Ottoman Empire was declared in 1877. The Viennese "colony" of the Kingdom of Romania was led by rich and influential merchants and politicians so that their ball festivals were of the highest social standing. Eduard Strauss was often invited to conduct the balls with new compositions. His contributions to the Romanian Balls are Op. 157 (1877), Op. 197 (1881), Op. 223 (1884), Op. 236 (1885), and Op. 245 (1886) (all French Polkas). A unique feature of the grand-scale French-Polka Lyra (Lyre, 竪琴) Op. 245 is that bars 9-16 of Polka A is written in a minor key (D minor). Another unique feature is that the Polka ends quietly at piano (p). • Eduard Strauss: Lyra ...
The artistic first Romanian Queen en.wikipedia.o... who was a prolific writer under the name Carmen Sylva, Queen Elisabeth’s Pearl Tiara was her most spectacular jewel! When the reigning Prince Carol of Romania married Princess Elisabeth of Wied in 1869, the bride received this spectacular Pearl and Diamond Tiara, featuring 16 large upright pearls, made by Oscar Massin, from the Romania Aristocratic Ladies Association. Prince Carol became King of Romania in 1881, but the Tiara was worn on numerous occasions and for official portraits by Queen Elisabeth through the 1870s and 1880s, following which the Queen largely retired to purse her her writing, under the name Carmen Sylva. King Carol and Queen Elisabeth had no surviving children, so his heir was his nephew, Prince Ferdinand, who had married Princess Marie of Edinburgh, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. In the late 1900s, Queen Elisabeth gave the Massin Tiara to Crown Princess Marie who wore it for numerous portraits soon afterwards. royalwatcherbl...

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Deze wals is prachtig op de piano gespeeld. Met veel gevoel! Mijn dank hiervoor!

[@dr.takaotagawa2812]

What a BEAUTIFUL performance!!!! Thank you!!! Dr. Luis de la Vega U.S.A.

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[@dr.takaotagawa2812]

The charm of this piece is the somewhat sad melody of the first Waltz A! It is not in a minor key, but I think this is due to the fact that it makes consistent use of Strauss's favorite chromatic scale from the beginning. This is Strauss in his later years! The tempo of The Pianist's 1A is outstanding. Tetsuro Nakamura, Member of the Johann Strauss Society of Japan (since 1975) Op. 342

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何と言ってもこの曲の魅力は第1ワルツAのいくぶん物悲しさを感じさせる旋律ではないでしょうか！！ 短調ではないですが、冒頭からシュトラウス得意の半音階を一貫して駆使している点に由来するのではと思います。これぞ晩年のシュトラウスですね！！　ザ・ピアニストの１Aのテンポ、抜群にいいです。　 中村哲郎, 日本ヨハン･シュトラウス協会会員（１９７５年以来） op. 342