Wo die Zitronen Blühen

Wo die Zitronen blühen (Where the Lemons Blossom or, Where the Citrons Bloom), op. 364 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II written in 1874. The waltz was composed during a tour of the composer in Italy where he travelled with the Langenbach Orchestra of Germany and performed the work at the Teatro Regio in Turin on 9 May 1874. The waltz came after a successful premiere of his famous operetta Die Fledermaus and Strauss originally entitled the waltz as 'Bella Italia' (Beautiful Italy) for his Italian audiences before renaming it 'Wo die Zitronen blühen' after a quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre' 'Kennst du das Land wo die Zitronen blühen?' ('Do you know the land where the lemons blossom?').