Gold and Silver Waltz

Lehar wrote his Gold and Silver Waltz at the request of the socialite, fashion trend-setter and arts patron (of Wagner and Smetana, among others) Princess Pauline von Metternich for the eponymous ball she gave at Viennas Sophiensale on January 27, 1902. She asked for something especially fine and was rewarded with one of the masterworks of the twilight years of the Viennese waltz. Joel Jacklich (A.S.C.A.P.) has arranged this work for string quartet, with careful attention to page turns. All the page turns are in logical spots and with notes in the performers' parts wherever a different player turns a page, so that members can cut off together and synchronize the downbeat after each page turn.