Product Description
This arrangement of a Strauss march is intended for double reed duo of oboe and bassoon, but the upper part is also playable by flute.
In his
lifetime, Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825 1899) was dubbed The
Waltz King, reflecting his prolific output of this type of dance music. He also composed polkas, quadrilles, marches,
operettas and a ballet.
During the
1848 upheavals in the Austrian Empire, Johann II opted to side with the
revolutionaries. This allegiance had an
adverse effect on his career, as well as deepening the rift between him and his
father, so in due course Johann wrote several marches with titles that might
encourage the establishment to forget his past pro-revolutionary sympathies.
The Ottinger
Reiter-Marsch was first published in 1850.
Strauss claimed that the work had been commissioned for a regiment who
specifically requested the dedication to General Franz von Ottinger. At the time, Ottinger was not very popular, largely
because of his punitive attitude towards former revolutionaries.
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