Éljen a Magyar! (Hungarian: [ˈeːjːɛn ˈɒː ˈmɒɟɒr], "Long live the Magyar!"), Op. 332, is a polka composed by Johann Strauss II. It was first performed at the Redoutensaal building in Pest in March 1869, two years after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The work was dedicated "to the Hungarian Nation". The coda of the work features a fleeting quotation from the Rákóczi March, which Hector Berlioz had earlier utilised in his La damnation de Faust.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Strauss II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works". NaxosDirect. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
External links
edit- Video on YouTube; Det Norske Kammerorkester, Arvid Engegård, conductor
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