History
The concert was first performed in 1939, and conducted by Clemens Krauss. For the first and only time, the concert was not given on New Year's Day, but instead on December 31 of that year. It was called then a special, or extraordinary concert (Außerordentliches Konzert). Johann Strauss II was the only composer performed. The program of that first concert follows:
- "Morgenblätter", Op. 279, waltz
- "Annen-Polka", Op. 117, dedicated to Maria Anna of Savoy
- Csárdás from the opera Ritter Pázmán
- "Kaiser-Walzer", Op. 437
- "Leichtes Blut", Polka schnell, Op. 319
- "Ägyptischer Marsch", Op. 335
- "G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald", Walzer, Op. 325
- "Pizzicato-Polka"
- "Perpetuum mobile", ein musikalischer Scherz, Op. 257
- Ouverture to the operetta Die Fledermaus
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