Klipp-Klapp Galopp Johann Strauß / Strauss (Sohn) / Arr. Matteo Firmi

Titel / Title: Klipp-Klapp Galopp
Untertitel / Subtitle: Opus 466
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series

The Klipp-Klapp Galopp' (Click-clack Gallop') is a quick polka by Johann Strauss. The polka was created according to the motifs of the operetta Waldmeister' (Woodruff') and is part of a series of compositions that take up all the themes from this operetta. The gallop's title and principal theme derive from the Act I ensemble, Klipp, klapp, klipp, klapp, rasch dem Glücke nach'. There, the actors flee into a mill from a storm. In this mill scene, Strauss used a topic that he had sketched in his youth in the face of a mill. This very topic has now become the main theme of this polka. The premiere on February 10, 1896 took place as part of the carnival ball of the journalists' association Concordia'. Itallian arranger Matteo Firmi transcribed this Klipp-Klapp Galopp' for Symphonic Band.