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Amphion-Klänge (Amphion Melodies), Walzer, Op. 224. On 31st January 1848 the engineers held their annual
Carnival ball in the place to be in the city -- the Sophienbad Hall. For this celebration Strauss, who had to provide the
music, wrote a set of waltzes with the title Amphion Melodies. Amphion and Zethus were the twin sons of Zeus and
Antiope, the daughter of the king of Thebes; they were also called the "Theban dioscuri". Their temperaments were
totally different. The physical power of the athletic Zethus proved advantageous in the building of the city wall, while
even the largest stones submitted to the lute-playing of the musical Amphion and slid into place in the wall by
themselves. This bridging of the gap between music and technology was completely understood by the listeners of the
time. One chronicler prophesied that the new waltzes would indeed set in motion "...no stones, but many dancers".
Judging by the enthusiastic reception accorded the work in subsequent performances in the Volksgarten one can
assume that this observer was not mistaken.