Bei uns Z'haus opus

Opus number

An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...

 361, is a waltz

Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...

 composed by Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...

 for the 1873 World Exhibition. It was first performed in August 1873 at the 'Neue Welt' establishment in Hietzing

Hietzing

Hietzing is the 13th municipal District of Vienna . It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling...

, Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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The composition was dedicated to Princess Marie Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, wife of the Master of the Royal Household. The Wiener Abendpost commented that "Strauss's Bei uns z'Haus, like his other choral waltz An der schonen blauen Donau, will soon become popular not only 'at home' but also in the whole world."