Johann
Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz
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Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube
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The Blue Danube
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The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by
the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally
performed in February, 1867[1][2] at a
concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein (Vienna Men's Choral Association),[2] it has
been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical
repertoire. Its initial performance was considered only a mild success,[1]however,
and Strauss is reputed to have said, "The devil take the waltz, my only
regret is for the coda—I wish that had been a success!"[2]
After the original music was written, the words were
added by the Choral Association's poet, Joseph Weyl.[1][3] Strauss
later added more music, and Weyl needed to change some of the words.[4] Strauss
adapted it into a purely orchestral version for the 1867
Paris World's Fair, and it became a great success in this form.[1] The
instrumental version is by far the most commonly performed today. An alternate
text was written by Franz von
Gernerth, "Donau so
blau" (Danube so blue). "The Blue
Danube" premiered in the United States in its instrumental version on 1
July 1867 in New York, and in Great Britain in its choral version on 21
September 1867 in London at the promenade concerts at Covent Garden.[citation
needed]
When Strauss's stepdaughter, Alice von Meyszner-Strauss,
asked the composer Johannes Brahms to sign her
autograph-fan, he wrote down the first bars of The Blue Danube,
but adding "Leider nicht von Johannes Brahms" ("Alas! not by
Johannes Brahms").[2][5]
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