Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Le beau Monde (Fashionable Society) opus 199 is the name of a quadrille composed by Johann Strauss II written in 1857 while Strauss was conducting a tour of Russia with his orchestra. The work exudes the authentic musical flavour of Russia and the St. Petersburg edition of the work describes the composition as a Quadrille sur des airs Russes (Quadrilles on Russian Airs). The title of the quadrille reflects the fashion then in Russia for the French language.