Le beau Monde
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Le beau Monde (Fashionable Society), opus 199, is the name of a quadrille composed by Johann Strauss II, written in 1857, while Strauss was conducting a tour of Russia with his orchestra. The work exudes the authentic musical flavour of Russia, and the St. Petersburg edition of the work describes the composition as a Quadrille sur des airs Russes (Quadrilles on Russian Airs). The title of the quadrille reflects the fashion then in Russia for the French language.[1]
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- ^ "STRAUSS II, J.: Edition — Vol. 23 CD". Naxos Music Library. http://umd.naxosmusiclibrary.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/blurbs_reviews.asp?catNum=223223&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
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