Johann Strauss Sr. - Cachucha-Galopp, Op. 97 (1837)

Johann Baptist Strauss I (14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (German: Johann Strauß Vater), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he popularized alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons—Johann, Josef and Eduard—to carry on his musical dynasty. He is best known for his composition of the Radetzky March (named after Joseph Radetzky von Radetz).

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Cachucha-Galopp, Op. 97 (1837)

Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Ricardo Muti
Live Neujahrskonzert / New Year's Concert 2004

Cachucha is a Spanish solo dance in 3/4 or 3/8 time, similar to the bolero. Cachucha is danced to an Andalusian national song with castanet accompaniment.

Etymology
From Spanish cachucha, small boat. Possibly from diminutive of cacho, shard, saucepan, probably from vulgar Latin cacculus, alteration of Latin caccabus, pot, from Greek kakkabos, a small container.

History
The Cachucha was created in Cuba though it is now considered a Spanish dance. Fanny Elssler (1810-1884, Vienna) popularized this dance when she introduced it to the public in the ballet from Rossini's opera La donna del lago in 1830s London and cemented its fame in Jean Coralli's ballet Le Diable boiteux (1836, Vienna).

Gilbert and Sullivan set the dance for the entire company in Act 2 of the Savoy Opera The Gondoliers as the chorus sings Dance a Cachucha.

On IMSLP there are 4 arrangements of the dance:

1. For Piano (1840) anonymous. "As Danced by Mad'lle Fanny Elssler; Performed with unbounded applause by the Boston Brigade Band "

2. For Guitar (1840) arr. by James Ballard. "As Danced by Mad'lle Fanny Elssler"

3. For Guitar (c. 1841) arr. by Anton Foreit (1792–1877)

4. For Guitar (c. 1846) arr. by Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti (1800-1878) "Souvenir de Fanny Elssler. The much-Admired Cachucha.

This dance exists in several collections, and there are also several fantasias, or variations, on it:
La Cachucha, Op.36 (Burgmüller, Friedrich)
Caprice sur l'air espagnol 'La Cachucha', Op.13 (Coste, Napoléon)
Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book (Various)
Méthode de castagnettes (Heugel, Jacques-Léopold)
Échos d'Espagne (Lacôme d'Estalenx, Paul)
Cachucha-mazurk, Op.57 (Lamothe, Georges)
Cachucha-Galopp, Op.97 (Strauss Sr., Johann)
Airs populaires, chants nationaux et motifs célèbres (Vilbac, Renaud de)