Postillon d'amour (''Love's Messenger''), Op. 317, is a

polka Polka is a dance and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though associated with Czech culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas. History Etymology The term ...

-française 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 ...

. It was written for the 1867 Vienna Carnival. The opening melodies of the work were used in Act One of the stage work '' Wiener Blut'' (''Viennese Blood'').

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1867 compositions Compositions by Johann Strauss II Polkas {{classical-composition-stub