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Title	Kaiserwalzer (Empereur Valse)
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert waltz
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Publisher's article no.	KL 335
Year of publication	1997
Price	126.00 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Strauss, Johann Sohn
Arranger	Kliment, Hans
Opus no.	Op.437
Difficulty level	4
Duration	11:20
Additional info/contents	This waltz had its premiere on 21 October 1889 in the concert hall of the Königsbau in Berlin. Prt PicFlt Flt Ob Fag/BClr EsClr Clr 1,2,3 SSax ASax TSax BSax Flh 1,2 Trp 1,2,3 BsTrp Tnh 1,2,3 Hrn in F+Eb 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2,3 (BC+TC) Brt in C (BC) Brt in Bb (BC+TC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) Tub in C 1,2 SD BD MCym Tmp
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Programme notes: The title Kaiserwalzer has posed many a mystery: is it a bow to the reigning Austrian monarch Franz Joseph I, or is it a dedication to the German Emperor. The original title of the waltz was Hand in Hand and referred to the alliance between the German Empire and the Danube Monarchy. It was changed before the first performance. The meaning remained the same. However, it now referred to the two emperors, Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph I, who were politically allied and shared a common foreign policy path. Only a few days earlier, this alliance had been reaffirmed on the occasion of a visit by the Austrian Emperor to Berlin. As early as 11 November 1889, the waltz was first performed for the Viennese at the Ronacher by Carl Michael Ziehrer. Ziehrer had orchestrated the Emperor Waltz according to a piano reduction and thus aroused Strauss's disapproval. On 24 November - as part of a benefit concert given by his brother Eduard - the composer, as conductor of the Strauss Orchestra, presented his waltz to the Viennese public in the "original instrumentation". The concert took place in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, the Emperor Waltz was acclaimed and had to be repeated. Quelle/Source: Kliment Musikverlag; Wikipedia

	Format	EUR
	Kaiserwalzer (Empereur Valse) (concert/wind band), full score and parts	126.00
	Kaiserwalzer (Empereur Valse) (concert/wind band), full score
	Bezirksblasorchester BAG Baden und Umgebung Live 2000, audio CD	17.90

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