Zweigstelle	Signatur	Mediengruppe	Barcode	Standort 2
Zweigstelle: Mainz, ÖB	Signatur: U 11 DOR	Mediengruppe:	Barcode: 36-80351520	Standort 2: Magazin MUB

At the suggestion of David Lichine, a dancer and choreographer with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, Antal Dorati resolved to fashion a light-hearted ballet from mostly obscure music by Johann Strauss II. According to one source, Dorati went digging through the manuscript collection of the Vienna State Opera; the composer himself claimed that he bought a bundle of Strauss material more than a yard high from a Viennese antiquary. In any event, Dorati sorted through dozens of waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles to cobble together a 40-minute "Strauss" score, much in the manner of Manuel Rosenthal's treatment of Offenbach melodies in Gaîté Parisienne. To the obscure material Dorati added a couple of well-known Strauss pieces, the Acceleration Waltz and Perpetuum Mobile.