Dorfschwalben aus Österreich
Viennese waltz composed by Josef Strauss in 1864 or 1865
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png)
Section from "Dorfschwalben aus Österreich" (2:47)
July 6, 1929 Record
Problems playing this file? See media help.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/August_Silberstein.jpg/170px-August_Silberstein.jpg)
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich (Village Swallows from Austria), Op. 164, is a Viennese waltz composed by Josef Strauss in 1864 or 1865.[1]
It was inspired by August Silberstein's novel Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. It was premiered at the Volksgarten, Vienna, on September 6, 1864 (1865?). The polka-mazurka "Frauenherz" was premiered at the same time. Both compositions were played during Josef Strauss's memorial ceremony under the direction of his brother, Johann Strauss II.
Structure
Introduction.
![\relative c' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4
\tempo \markup {
\column {
\line { Introduction. }
\line { Allegretto. }
}
}
s \slashedGrace a8( bes2.) \slashedGrace a8( bes2.) r8 g' bes ees g ees' d f, aes c bes d, c aes' g bes, aes f' ees g, bes g' ees4( ees8) g, bes g' ees bes d aes bes f' d4( d8) aes bes f' d bes ees g, bes ees bes r
}
\new Dynamics {
s\p
}
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
s4 <ees,,, bes' ees>2. <ees bes' ees> <ees' bes'>2. <ees bes'> <ees bes'> <ees bes'> <ees bes'> <ees bes'> <ees bes'> <ees bes'>
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/q/lqvc51jndgiz5ay7xob190qrv9u9dil/lqvc51jn.png)
Waltz 1
![\relative c' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4
g'( bes,2) | g'4( bes,2) | ees4( g ees' | bes2.) | ees,4( g ees') | bes4.( g8 bes ees) | bes2.( | bes4) r r r \slashedGrace a'8( bes) r \slashedGrace a( bes) r bes8 a c bes aes g f g aes r aes r aes2. r4 \slashedGrace d,8( aes') r \slashedGrace d,( aes') r aes8 g bes aes f d c-. bes-. g' r g r g2.
}
\new Dynamics {
s\p
}
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
<<
{ bes,,,4( ees g) bes,( ees g) bes,( ees g) bes,( ees g) bes,( ees g) bes,( ees g) ees <g bes ees> <g bes ees> ees <g bes ees> <g bes ees> ees <g bes ees> <g bes ees> bes, <g' bes ees> <g bes ees> d <aes' bes f'> <aes bes f'> bes, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> f <aes bes d> <aes bes d> bes, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> ees <g bes ees> <g bes ees> bes <g bes ees> <g bes ees> }
\\
{ ees,2. ees ees ees ees ees }
>>
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/1/8/18s41236k27z899zef2zddiaycv8gt2/18s41236.png)
Waltz 2
![\relative c' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4
\tempo \markup {
\column {
}
}
<ees g>8( aes g f ees) | <bes d> f' aes d <d f>4~ <d f>8.[ <c ees>16] <bes d>4.. <aes c>16 <c ees>4.. <ees, g>16 bes'4~ bes8.[ d16] <aes c>4.. <g bes>16 <bes d>4.. <d, f>16 aes'4~ aes8.[ <aes c>16] <g bes>4.. <f aes>16 <g ees'>4..
}
\new Dynamics {
s\p
}
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
r8 r4 r bes,, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> bes, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> ees <g bes> <g bes> bes, <g' bes> <g bes> f <aes bes> <aes bes> bes, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> ees
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/1/9/194261v5vu6dlf66w3gdcng0lotzg3w/194261v5.png)
Waltz 3
![\relative c' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key g \minor \time 3/4
<<
{
f4( bes8) r <f bes>4. <f bes>8 <f bes>4 <f bes> <d f b> <ees g c>8 r <g c>4. <g c>8 <g c>4 <g c> <g c>( g'2)(\( a4) <a, ees'>8\) r <a ees'>4. <a ees'>8( f'2)(\( g4) <bes, d>\) r
}
\\
{
s4 s8 s s4. s8 s4 s s s8 s s4. s8 s4 s s ees2.\f s8 s s4. s8 d2.
}
>>
}
\new Dynamics {
s\f
}
\new Staff { \key g \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
r4 bes,, <f' bes d> <f bes d> bes, <f' bes d> <d f> ees <g c> <g c> ees <g c> <g c> <f, f'> <f' c' ees> <f c' ees> f, <f' c' ees> <f c' ees> bes, <f' bes d> <f bes d> bes, <f' bes d>
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/d/n/dnn6ohckytoh0fex2xyv9bwpwyxfrwp/dnn6ohck.png)
Waltz 4
![\relative c' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4
\tempo \markup {
\column {
}
}
\partial 4 <ees' g>8( aes <d, f> g <c, ees> f <bes, d> f') <bes, ees> bes' g4 <bes, ees>8 bes' <bes, d> bes' aes4 <bes, d>8 bes' <bes, ees> bes' g4 g8( bes aes bes g aes f g) ees g ees'4. g,8 bes4\mordent( aes8) r aes16( d,) r8
}
\new Dynamics {
s\mf
}
\new Staff { \key c \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
r4 bes,, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> ees <g bes ees> <g bes ees> bes, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d> ees <g bes ees> <g bes ees> aes, <aes' c f> <aes c f> bes, <g' bes ees> <g bes ees> bes, <aes' bes d> <aes bes d>
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/a/2/a25fuyzwawoulzemw6h1zcwcnnapgqq/a25fuyzw.png)
Waltz 5
![\relative b' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key f \minor \time 3/4
\tempo \markup {
\column {
}
}
s32 \slashedGrace b,8( c2.) \slashedGrace b8( c2.) \slashedGrace b8( c2.) \slashedGrace b8( c2.) <ees c'>8 r <ees c'>4. <ees c'>8 <ees c'>( ees' aes,4) aes <ees c'>8 r <ees c'>4. des'8 ees c' aes r aes r <des, ees g bes>2.\pp <c ees aes> <g bes des f> <aes c ees>
}
\new Dynamics {
s\p
}
\new Staff { \key f \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
<<
{ s32 \slashedGrace d,,8( <ees aes,>2.) \slashedGrace d8( <ees aes,>2.) \slashedGrace d8( <ees aes,>2.) \slashedGrace d8( <ees aes,>2.) ees2 ees4 ees2 ees4 ees2 ees4 ees2 ees4 }
\\
{ s32 \slashedGrace s8 s2. \slashedGrace s8 s2. \slashedGrace s8 s2. \slashedGrace s8 s2. aes, aes aes aes ees'4 <g des'> <g des'> aes, <ees' aes c> <ees aes c> ees4 <g des'> <g des'> aes, <ees' aes c> <ees aes c> }
>>
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/t/k/tkilln45q20tn0aqyfktquovainewit/tkilln45.png)
Coda
![\relative c' {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff { \key f \minor \time 3/4
\tempo \markup {
\column {
\line { Coda. }
}
}
c' c2 c'8[ aes] bes2( c,4) c2 bes'8[ g] aes2( f4) f'8[ f, f' f, f' f,] f'4 ees8[ d c bes aes g] f4 g g2( c8[ g)] aes2( c8[ aes)] g2( c8[ g)] f2( c'8[ f,)] e4 r r r r
}
\new Dynamics {
s\f
}
\new Staff { \key f \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass
r4 <f,, aes c>8[ <f aes c>] <f aes c>4 <f aes c> g4 <bes e> <bes e> <e, g bes c>8[ <ees g bes c>] <ees g bes c>4 <ees g bes c> f <aes c> <aes c> <aes, c f> <c f aes> <aes c f> <bes d f g> r r <c f aes> r <des f b> c <e g c> <e g c> c <f aes c> <f aes c> c <e g c> <e g c> c <a' bes> <a bes> r <c, g c> <c c,> <c c,> r
}
>>
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/s/f/sfbzmk5umunchrmj1wnpzm06rzu3cs4/sfbzmk5u.png)
Vienna New Year's Concert
It was played the Vienna New Year's Concert in these years:
- 1947 – Josef Krips
- 1956 – Willi Boskovsky
- 1963 – Willi Boskovsky
- 1977 – Willi Boskovsky
- 1986 – Lorin Maazel
- 1992 – Carlos Kleiber
- 2001 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- 2008 – Georges Prêtre
- 2015 – Zubin Mehta
References
- ^ Dorfschwalben aus Österreich at AllMusic
External links
- Dorfschwalben aus Österreich: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project