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In autographing a fan for Strauss's wife Adele, Brahms wrote the opening notes of The Blue Danube waltz, adding the words "unfortunately not by Johannes Brahms". [71] He made the effort, three weeks before his death, to attend the premiere of Johann Strauss's operetta Die Göttin der Vernunft (The Goddess of Reason) in March 1897. [71]
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 added "Leider nicht von Johannes Brahms" ("Unfortunately not by Johannes Brahms"). [2] [5]
Richard Strauss (unrelated), when writing his Rosenkavalier waltzes, said in reference to Johann Strauss, "How could I forget the laughing genius of Vienna?" [24] Johannes Brahms was a personal friend of Strauss; the latter dedicated his waltz "Seid umschlungen, Millionen!" ("Be Embraced, You Millions!"), Op. 443, to him. [25]
The most prominent members of the conservative circle were Johannes Brahms, Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, and the Leipzig Conservatoire, which had been founded by Felix Mendelssohn. Their opponents, the radical progressives mainly from Weimar , were represented by Franz Liszt and the members of the so-called New German School (German ...
[1] Brahms' music, like Wagner's, also left a tremendous impression upon Strauss, and he often referred to this time of his life as his 'Brahmsschwärmerei' ('Brahms adoration') during which several his compositions clearly show Brahms' influence, including the Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 (1883–84), Wandrers Sturmlied (1884) and Burleske ...
Waldmeister (Woodruff) is an operetta written by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by Gustav Davis . It was first performed on 4 December 1895 at the Theater an der Wien . [ 1 ] Although not as popular as some of Strauss' other operettas, such as Der Zigeunerbaron and Die Fledermaus , it was given eighty-eight performances, and was much admired ...
Liebeslieder, Op. 114 (Strauss), a waltz by Johann Strauss II; Liebeslieder Walzer (Brahms Opus 52), waltzes by Johannes Brahms for four-hands piano and vocal quartet; Neue Liebeslieder, Opus 65, a sequel to Brahms' Opus 52, for piano and voices; Liebeslieder Walzer, George Balanchine's ballet set to the two Brahms works
Johann Strauss II: 1825: 1899: Austrian: Johann Strauss II composer known as "The Waltz King", son of Austrian dance music composer Johann Strauss I and elder brother of Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, best known for Blue Danube Waltz and his opera, Die Fledermaus: Richard Hol: 1825: 1904: Dutch: organ composer Stephen Foster: 1826: 1864 ...