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Premiere. Date. 15 February 1867; 157 years ago. ( 15 February 1867) Location. Diana Baths, Vienna [ de] Conductor. Rudolf Weinwurm [ de] " 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.
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The Blue Danube, Op. 314, waltz by Austrian composer Johann Strauss the Younger, created in 1867. The work epitomizes the symphonic richness and variety of Strauss’s dance music , which earned him acclaim as the “waltz king,” and it has become the best-known of his many dance pieces.
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"The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "An der schönen blauen Donau", Op. 314, a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed on 15 February 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein, it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire.
All year round, in restaurants, shops, and hotels, there is no escaping The Blue Danube waltz. It is the most famous waltz ever written – actually not one waltz but a chain of five interlinked waltz themes.
By Martin Hannan. Share. IT was on this date 150 years ago that the world’s most famous waltz tune was played for the very first time. The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II (pictured right), also known as Strauss the Younger, was first played at a Carnival Evening Of Songs given by the Wiener Männergesangsverein, the Vienna Men’s Choral ...
