Idyllen (''Idylls''), Op. 95, is a waltz composed by

Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...

in 1851. It was composed for a "Grand Summer Festival Soiree" in the Vienna Volksgarten, with the composer conducting the Strauss Orchestra in its first performance. The fifth waltz melody of the work incorporates themes from the popular song ''O Madchen mein unter'm Hollerstock'' (''O maiden mine beneath the rose-tree''). The ''Theater Zeitung'' commented on the Strauss waltz that "it is most original and displays a multitude of piquant dance rhythms which are instrumented with much spirit and, amidst tumultuous applause from the select and numerous public, had to be played ''da capo''."

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Waltzes by Johann Strauss II 1851 compositions {{classical-composition-stub