Freuet euch des Lebens (Enjoy Life), Op. 340, is a Viennese waltz composed by Johann Strauss II. It was written for the Vienna Musikverein, and premiered at the new Musikverein building in Vienna in 1870.
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Influence In the opening movement of his Ninth Symphony, Gustav Mahler quotes from this waltz.Barford, Philip (1971) Mahler Symphonies and Songs, London: BBC Publications, ISBN 9780563092742, p. 55.
Vienna New Year's Concert The waltz was played at these Vienna New Year's Concerts: 1947 – Josef Krips 1962 – Willi Boskovsky 1974 – Willi Boskovsky 1988 – Claudio Abbado 1997 – Riccardo Muti 2008 – Georges Prêtre 2012 – Mariss Jansons 2020 – Andris Nelsons
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