Flick und Flock, Quadrille, Op. 187 - Josef Strauss

The comic ballet Flick und Flock by Paul Taglioni, with music by Peter Ludwig Hertel, premièred on 4 October 1865 in the Vienna Kärtnerthortheater. But even before this première, some of the prettiest melodies of this work could be heard in the Volksgarten in the form of the Flick und Flock-Quadrille by Josef Strauss. The Strauss Orchestra surprised its audience with this new work during a benefit concert on 1 October 1865. It was not difficult for “Pepi” Strauss to find the motifs for this Quadrille: the ballet had already premiered in Milan on 15 February 1862 and had made its way to Vienna via Berlin. Detailed reports about the success of the ballet Flick und Flock in Italy and Germany had also stirred interest in the coming attraction in Vienna, wherefore the Flick und Flock-Quadrille by Josef Strauss was greeted by a curious audience when it was played for the first time. Both Vienna performances were very successful: the rendition of the Quadrille on 1 October 1865 in the Volksgarten, and the première of the ballet on 4 October of the same year. Just like the ballet, the Flick und Flock-Quadrille was part of the repertoire for a long time.

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