Perpetuum mobile

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Perpetuum mobile is a light, humorous orchestral piece by Johann Strauss II that playfully suggests endless motion through its lively, repetitive musical patterns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
orchestral piece
associatedWith New Year’s concerts
Viennese concert tradition
composer Johann Strauss II NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria
genre humorous music
light music
hasHumorType musical humor
programmatic joke
hasMusicalFeature humorous character
lively tempo
repetitive patterns
suggestion of endless motion
hasMusicalForm orchestral work
hasNotableCharacteristic comic effect through repetition
light, entertaining character
playful ending device implying continuation
hasRecording Johann Strauss Orchestra recordings
Vienna Philharmonic recordings NERFINISHED
influenced later light orchestral encore pieces
isBasedOnConcept perpetual motion
isFrequentlyPerformedAs concert encore
isFrequentlyPerformedBy Viennese orchestras NERFINISHED
symphony orchestras
languageOfTitle Latin
movementCount 1
partOfRepertoire Johann Strauss II orchestral repertoire
style Viennese light music
titleTranslation Perpetual motion
typicalInstrumentation orchestra

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The Waltz King notableWork Perpetuum mobile