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Josef Strauss. Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now Vienna), the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military.
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich (Village Swallows from Austria), Op. 164, is a Viennese waltz composed by Josef Strauss in 1864 or 1865. [1] It was inspired by August Silberstein's novel Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. It was premiered at the Volksgarten, Vienna, on September 6, 1864 (1865?). The polka-mazurka "Frauenherz" was premiered at the ...
Dynamiden op. 173 is a Viennese Waltz composed by Josef Strauss in 1865. Its subtitle is Geheime Anziehungskräfte ('Mysterious Powers of Magnetism'). Richard Strauss used this waltz to his comic opera Der Rosenkavalier.
Hesperusbahnen (Hesperus’ Path) op. 279 is a Viennese Waltz composed by Josef Strauss. This work was premiered in Musikverein on April 4 1870. Dedication destination was the vienna Artists Association „Hesperus “. Song Title has two meanings of Venus′s orbit and Artists Association′s history.
The first waltz theme is a familiar gently rising triad motif played by cellos and horns in the tonic (D major), accompanied by the harp; the Viennese waltz beat is accentuated at the end of each 3-note phrase. The Waltz 1A triumphantly ends its rounds of the motif, and waltz 1B follows in the same key; the genial mood is still apparent.
The 1938 MGM film The Great Waltz loosely inspired by the life of Johann Strauss II tells a fictional story of the waltz's creation. The waltz was also featured in a condensed version in the first segment of the 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melody animated short A Corny Concerto and also prominently in the 1987 television film Escape from Sobibor. [1]
Bianca Bianchi was then a famous member of the Vienna Court Opera Theatre and Strauss was sufficiently inspired to compose a new work, a waltz for solo voice, for the acclaimed singer. [5] The result was his "Frühlingsstimmen" waltz which celebrated spring and remained one of the classical repertoire's most famous waltzes.
The waltz has only 4 two-part sections as opposed to the earlier pattern of 5 two-part sections propounded by Josef Lanner and his father Johann Strauss I. The fourth section begins quietly in F major, with a climax with cymbals to come. The coda recalls earlier sections (2 and 3) in a different key of E major before the first waltz theme comes ...