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The Blue Danube, Waltz Op. 314 (An der schönen blauen Donau) & Fine Art - Johann Strauss II

Thaddaeus Fine Art & Music 🎵 Enjoy the beautiful music and the marvelous fine art! 🎨 If this video brought you joy ✨, be sure to like 👍, subscribe, and hit the notification bell 🔔 so you never miss a moment of artistic magic. Thanks for watching and supporting the creative journey! 🎶🖼️ 🌟 🎶 Music: Johann Strauss II 00:00 The Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau) - Performed by: Das Orchester Tsumugi / Takashi Inoue (Live Recorded on 10/Mar. 2024, Fukuoka Symphony Hall, Japan) Source: IMSLP // credit: www.classicals.de 🎹 Johann Strauss II’s “The Blue Danube,” known in German as “An der schönen blauen Donau” (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), was composed in 1866 and first heard in 1867. Its title pays tribute to the great river that winds through Central Europe, evoking the Danube’s sparkling waters and gentle current in every lilting three-quarter-time melody. Strauss, already celebrated as the “Waltz King,” transformed a simple dance tune into a sweeping orchestral poem, pairing graceful strings with playful woodwinds and majestic brass to capture Vienna’s elegance at the height of its 19th-century golden era. In Austria, this waltz has become a cultural emblem, opening the annual Vienna New Year’s Concert, appearing in countless films and celebrations, and uniting generations in a shared moment of pride and nostalgia. Worldwide, “The Blue Danube” stands as one of the most recognizable melodies ever written. From grand concert halls in New York and Tokyo to movie soundtracks and royal ceremonies, its joyous rhythms and soaring themes have come to symbolize elegance, celebration, and the timeless power of music to bridge cultures. 🖼️ Paintings & Art: „Blick auf Wien vom Bisamberg (1874)“ - Friedrich Loos (1797 - 1890) // Copyright: Friedrich Loos (Künstler), Blick auf Wien vom Bisamberg, 1845, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 29766, CC BY 4.0, Foto: Birgit und Peter Kainz, Wien Museum „Die Dampfschiffstation an der Donau gegenüber Kaisermühlen (ca. 1871/1872)“ - Emil Jakob Schindler (1842 Vienna – 1892 Westerland) // © Copyright: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere „Ball der Stadt Wien (1904)“ - Wilhelm Gause (1853 Krefeld – 1916 Stein an der Donau) // Wilhelm Gause (Künstler), Ball der Stadt Wien, 1904, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 29351, CC BY 4.0, Foto: Birgit und Peter Kainz, Wien Museum „Zuschauerraum im Alten Burgtheater (1888-1889)“ - Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) // Gustav Klimt (Künstler), Zuschauerraum im Alten Burgtheater, 1888–1889, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 31813/1, CC BY 4.0, Foto: Birgit und Peter Kainz, Wien Museum „Lanner und Strauß mit Kapelle bei einem Ball (1906)“ - Charles Wilda (1854 - 1907) // Charles Wilda (Künstler), Lanner und Strauß mit Kapelle bei einem Ball, 1906, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 30730, CC BY 4.0, Foto: TimTom, Wien Museum „Ballpause, (1870)” - Adolph von Menzel (1815 - 1905) // Adolph von Menzel, Ballpause, 1870, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Neue Pinakothek München „Das Ballsouper (1878)” - Adolph Menzel (1815 - 1905)// Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders „Die Kaiserstadt an der Donau - Wien vom Nußberg (1884)“ - Anton Hlaváček (1842 - 1926) // Anton Hlaváček (Künstler), Die Kaiserstadt an der Donau - Wien vom Nußberg, 1884, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 24222, CC BY 4.0, Foto: TimTom, Wien Museum Thumbnail: Julius Gertinger (Fotograf), Johann Strauss Sohn (1825-1899), Kapellmeister, Komponist, 1879, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 53881,