Die Landstreicher

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Die Landstreicher ("The Tramps") is an operetta in one prologue and two acts by Karl Michael Ziehrer (libretto by Leopold Krenn and Carl Lindau). It was first performed on 29 June 1899 at the Summer Theatre "Venedig in Wien"[1], which was just three weeks after the shocking death of Johann Strauss II. Despite the Viennese mourning for their beloved son, the operetta was especially noted for its 'Viennese' spirit and more so with Ziehrer himself conducting, the review from the press was unjustifiably favorable as Ziehrer was heralded as the new composer to usher a new spirit of the age.

  1. ^ Andrew Lamb. "Zeihrer, C. M.", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed Feb 11, 2008), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
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