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The "Beautiful Blue Danube" was first written as a song for a carnival choir (for bass and tenor), with rather satirical lyrics (Austria having just lost a war with Prussia). [1] The original title was also referring to a poem about the Danube in the poet Karl Isidor Beck's hometown, Baja in Hungary, and not in Vienna.
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, or The Blue Danube (1866) Künstlerleben, Op. 316, Artists' Life (1867) Telegramme , Op. 318, Telegrams (1867) Die Publicisten, Op. 321, The Publicists (1868) G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325, Tales from the Vienna Woods (1868) Illustrationen, Op. 331, Illustrations (1869)
The Blue Danube is a 1932 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Brigitte Helm, Joseph Schildkraut and Desmond Jeans. [1] Its plot, based on a short story by Doris Zinkeisen , concerns a Hungarian gypsy who leaves his girlfriend for a countess, but soon begins to suffer heartache.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
The Blue Danube, an American drama film; The Blue Danube, an Austrian film; Blue Danube (nuclear weapon), the first British operational nuclear weapon; Blue Danube (band), an Austrian band who represented their country in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest; Blue Danube Radio, an English-language radio station in Vienna; Blue Danube, or Blue Onion ...
The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy.Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
The Blue Danube (German: An der schönen blauen Donau) is a 1955 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Hardy Krüger, Nicole Besnard and Paul Hörbiger. [1] It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
As a writer he wrote contributions to the August 1840-42 published music journal "Orpheus" as well as song lyrics, as a composer he set to music in addition to his own especially those of his contemporaries. Gernerth is still known today for his text version of the waltz on the beautiful blue Danube. [2]