The Beautiful Blue Danube

Composer: STRAUSS JR., Johann
  • An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (composed 1867) started life as a choral waltz which Strauss wrote for the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men’s Choral Association).1
  • Strauss conducted the Wiener Männergesang-Verein in the premiere, on February 15, 1867, in Vienna.2
  • The waltz’s international popularity gained a strong boost when Strauss and his orchestra presented it at the Austrian Embassy Ball in 1867.3

Sources

  1. Peter Kemp, “Strauss, Johann (ii),” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 4, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-6002278266.
  2. “An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314 (Strauss Jr., Johann),” IMSLP, accessed April 8, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/An_der_sch%C3%B6nen_blauen_Donau%2C_Op.314_(Strauss_Jr.%2C_Johann).
  3. Kemp, “Strauss, Johann (ii),” Grove Music Online.

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