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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.
My Love Came Back is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, and Jane Wyman. [1] Based on the 1935 Austrian film Episode written and directed by Walter Reisch, the film is about a gifted young violinist who considers leaving a prestigious music academy to play in a jazz band to earn money.
The song was released alongside the single "Servus die Wadln" on 31 January 2005. The single is a catchy form of 'pop waltz' song, featuring the main melody of "The Blue Danube". The song became popular following DJ Otzi's performance alongside André Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra in Vienna in 2006 and in Maastricht in 2010. Since the ...
Carmen, Act 2, "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador Song) / Bizet; Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2, No. 44: Hallelujah Chorus / Handel; Tales of the Vienna Waltz - 4:04 (All music composed by Johann Strauss II) On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314; Die Fledermaus Overture; Roses From the South Waltz, Op. 388
In 1908, Wiesenthal led her sisters Berta and Elsa at Vienna's Cabaret Fledermaus , the highlight being her "Danube waltzes" (Donauwalzer) solo performed to Johann Strauss II's "On the Beautiful Blue Danube". [4] They moved to Berlin, working there until 1910 at the Deutsches Theater. [2] [5]
In a jazz context, "waltz" signifies any piece of music in 3/4 time, whether intended for dancing or not. [5] Although there are early examples such as the "Missouri Waltz" by Dan and Harvey’s Jazz Band (1918) and the "Jug Band Waltz" or the "Mississippi Waltz" by the Memphis Jug Band (1928), they are exceptional, as almost all jazz before 1955 was in duple meter. [6]
The Trump Organization said Monday it has leased its brand to two new real estate projects in Saudi Arabia just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. It will ...
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.