Kaiser-Jubiläum Jubelwalzer (Emperor's Jubilee Waltz 皇帝祝典ワルツ) Op. 434 – (1) Piano (2) Orchestra

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Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Kaiser-Jubiläum Jubelwalzer (Emperor's Jubilee Waltz 皇帝祝典ワルツ) Op. 434 – (1) Piano (2) 8:40 Orchestra
1st Performance: Sunday December 2, 1888 - The Golden Hall of the Musikverein - performed by the Strauβkapelle personally conducted by Johann Strauss II
Sources: 1st edition Piano Score published by August CRANZ, Hamburg Plate no. C. 27854 (1.1889)
Strauss Edition Wien Score 1 10A 434 W (The orchestral parts published in 1.1889)
Performed by Dr. Taka S. [STRAUSS] Otagawa (The Pianist) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ua5y...
Recorded LIVE (12.3.1977) at Herr Karasawa (唐澤俊三)* Residence, Yokohama, JAPAN [* Founder/Director of the Tokyo Johann Strauss Ensemble] Equipment: Top-of-the-line Yamaha Upright Piano, TEAC Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder, Professional Recording Microphone
ANALYSIS of “The HISTORICAL PIANO RECORDINGS” by Herr Karasawa https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JEPK...
The Orchestral Performance [Restored/Edited by The Pianist]: Courtesy of Otto Schulz-Biedermeier Orchestra (1950s)
WAV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UrqQ...

Emperor Franz Josef's 40th jubilee in 1888 was a modest and low-key affair, characterized by charitable acts rather than lavish public celebrations. The events were significantly toned down because of the recent death of the Emperor's father-in-law, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria. Nevertheless, Johann Strauss II composed the Kaiser-Jubiläum Jubelwalzer (Emperor's Jubilee Waltz) for the occasion.

This is a one-of-a-kind STRAUSS Waltz in which the principal Waltz 1A theme is written in the form of “CANON (music)” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(... The 2-Bar initial melody is first played by Violin I, Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinets and Trumpets, which is followed by the imitative melody played by Cello, Contra-Bass, Fagotts, and Trombone.

From the original Marco Polo CD NOTEs about Kaiser-Jubiläum, Jubelwalzer (Imperial Jubilee, Waltz of Rejoicing) Op. 434 [written in 1989 by Herr PETER KEMP, Honorary Life President of The Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain]:
On 2 December 1848 at Olmütz (now Olomouc in Czechoslovakia) the 18-year old Franz Josef I (1830-1916) was proclaimed Emperor of Austria, after the October Revolution had forced the abdication of his uncle, the Emperor Ferdinand. The following May, after the establishment of a new centralised constitution, the youthful monarch made his triumphant and jubilant procession into Vienna.
Forty years later, on 2 December 1888, Emperor Franz Josef made it known that he wished the fortieth anniversary of his accession to be "celebrated throughout Austria, and in the majority of the Austrian colonies abroad, through acts of humanity and charitable foundations". Splendid and numerous were the nation’s festivities honouring their ruler, although official celebrations were withheld out of respect for the death of the Empress Elisabeth's father. For Johann Strauss the occasion of his Emperor’s jubilee was sufficient incentive for him to create one of the great waltzes of his mature period which, like, for example, Sinnen und Minnen (Op. 435)    • Johann Strauss II: Sinnen und Minnen (Musi...   and Kaiser-Walzer (Op. 437), displays a richness of orchestral writing less evident in his earlier works. The composer himself conducted the Strauss Orchestra in the first performance of the Kaiser-Jubiläum Jubelwalzer at the brother Eduard’s benefit concert in the Musikverein on the very day of the imperial celebrations, 2 December 1888.