- Josef Strauss’s orchestral waltz, Transactionen (“Transactions”), was written in 1865 for a summer benefit concert at the Volksgarten in Vienna.
- The title of the piece harkens back to his previous Actionen waltz, Op. 174 performed during the Carnival season earlier that year.1
- While the composer never specified the nature of the “transactions” depicted in the music, one can surmise from the music that these transactions may be romantic in nature.
Sources
- Silvia Kargl and Friedemann Pestel, Notes in accompanying booklet, 2019 New Year’s Concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Christian Thielemann, Sony 590289, 2019, compact disc.
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