Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Herzenslust (Heart’s Content) Op. 3 is a polka composed by Johann Strauss II in the fall of 1844 for his debut as a composer at the Dommayer’s Casino establishment in Vienna. It was performed along with several of Strauss’ other early compositions such as the waltzes Sinngedichte and Gunstwerber and the Debut-Quadrille.