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. It was first played on 15 October 1844 at Strauss'

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as a composer in Dommayer's Casino in

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, along with several of Strauss' other works, such as the waltz '' Sinngedichte'' and the

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'' Herzenslust''. The music critic Ernst Décsey commented on Strauss' waltz: "As if singing had broken out from all three storeys of the house ..the same charm, the same modest ''piano'', the same reverberating ''forte'' as the father. Basses rumble, intermediate parts woo, and the main violin theme vibrates across to the ladies."

References

Waltzes by Johann Strauss II 1844 compositions {{classical-composition-stub