Celebrating Hungary? Johann Strauss's Der Zigeunerbaron and the Press in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna and Budapest

Prokopovych, Markian

Abstract

Preceded by decades of ‘Magyar mania’, the 1885 world premiere of Johann Strauss's ‘Hungarian’ operetta Der Zigeunerbaron in Vienna was an overwhelming success. However, its reception showed a discrepancy in how the monarchy's two nominally ruling nations saw the operetta's merits: what to the Viennese evoked the local ‘Wienerisch’ element was for Hungarians an occasion to seek recognition for their national culture. The operetta's reception in Budapest two decades later in 1905 and in Vienna in 1910 further accentuated these differences. Using reports on these events, this article examines features of Austria-Hungary's celebratory culture, which accommodated very different agendas and practices.

Citation

Prokopovych, M. (2017). Celebrating Hungary? Johann Strauss's Der Zigeunerbaron and the Press in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna and Budapest. Austrian Studies, 25, 118-135. https://doi.org/10.5699/austrianstudies.25.2017.0118

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Feb 16, 2018
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 3, 2018
• Journal: Austrian Studies
• Print ISSN: 1350-7532
• Electronic ISSN: 2222-4262
• Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Pages: 118-135
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5699/austrianstudies.25.2017.0118
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1355828