Product Description
An intermediate-level arrangement of a Strauss march, for mixed woodwind duet of flute and clarinet in B-flat.
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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