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Eingesendet (Letters to the Editor): Quick Polka, Op. 240
by Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
Josef Strauss (1827-1870)
Eingesendet (Letters to the Editor): Quick Polka, Op. 240
As the most sensitive musician among the three Strauss brothers, Josef had a particular genius for the polka française and the polka-mazurka. He could, however, write quick polkas as explosive as any. Named after the heading over the letters-to-the-editor column, Eingesendet (literally “sent in”), this missive from, let’s say, “grumpy of Grinzing” was clearly written in haste and delivered at full speed.
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Eingesendet”