tense coda would be quickly replaced with a reprise of waltz 2A. A furious passage of chords brought in waltz 1A again before sweeping into a joyous conclusion complete with a snare drumroll and orchestral flourish. Thomas Hardy's poem "A Seaside Town in 1869" (in Moments of Vision, 1917) suggests that the waltz was popular in England in the late 1860s. Recordings Michael Lanner with his orchestra. Recorded in Berlin on March 20, 1953. It was released by Electrola as catalog number EG 7897. References External links Waltzes by Johann Strauss II Compositions set in Vienna