Studentenlust (Students' Joy) op. 285 is a waltz 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 ...

composed in 1864. The waltz was written as a dedication piece for the Students' Ball held in the Redoutensaal of the Imperial Hofburg Palace on 31 January of that year. The work features Ludwig Fischer's famous student song ''Im kühlen Keller sitz' ich hier'' in the Introduction and the

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section. Strauss' waltz brims with joy and demonstrates a creative period where he and his brothers Josef and Eduard were also on hand to dominate the musical scene in Vienna as this piece was intended for the 1864 Fasching.

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{{Authority control Waltzes by Johann Strauss II