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Zigeneurin-Quadrille (The Bohemian Girl Quadrille) Op.24
by Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
Johann Strauss II (1825-99)
Zigeneurin-Quadrille (The Bohemian Girl Quadrille) Op.24
Most of Johann II’s quadrilles were written in the early stages in his career – when it was still fashionable to take tunes from popular scores by other composers and present them as a sequence of polka-like ballrom dances. The Zigeunerin-Quadrille was written in 1846 as a tribute to Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl which opened in a Viennese production (as Die Zigeunerin) at the Theater and der Wien in July of that year and and ran through 31 performances into March 1848.
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Zigeunerin-Quadrille.rtf”