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i dar you to jsurall is wit o thinking even onde of 201 a space oddessey and or daffy duck!
eleventhdr 1 month ago
One of my favourite tunes, and played so well too! Love, that wooden case, a lot of fine work, has been done making it! :) Hope 2012 is a happy year for you! Kind Regards... Linda :)
PonyTails55 1 month ago
@PonyTails55 Thank you for the nice comments, Linda! Hope you enjoy a nice year ahead as well.
MusicBoxBoy 1 month ago
Lovely tone and arrangement -- Otto did make some great machines!
mermodfreres 1 month ago
@mermodfreres Thanks for the nice comments, Jack! Always a pleasure to hear from you.
MusicBoxBoy 1 month ago
This piece you can find very often on antique music boxes, also here on Youtube. Thanks for sharing this Olympia 15,5" version, which obviously is the first time on Youtube. - Nice regards from JochenKopf
JochenKopf 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Thank you for sharing your grand music box and the fine disc played!
oldbear52 1 month ago
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THE BLUE DANUBE is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for On the Beautiful Blue Danube), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
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Originally performed 13 February 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire. Its initial performance was only a mild success however and Strauss is reputed to have said "The devil take the waltz, my only regret is for the coda—I wish that had been a success!"
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
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After the original music was written, the words were added by the Choral Association's poet, Joseph Weyl. Strauss later added more music, and Weyl needed to change some of the words.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
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Strauss adapted it into a purely orchestral version for the World's Fair in Paris that same year, and it became a great success in this form. The instrumental version is by far the most commonly performed today. An alternate text by Franz von Gernerth, Donau so blau (Danube so blue), is also used on occasion.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
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The sentimental Viennese connotations of the piece have made it into a sort of unofficial Austrian national anthem. It is a traditional encore piece at the annual Vienna New Year's Concert. The first few bars are also the interval signal of Österreichischer Rundfunk's overseas programs. On New Year's Eve, the waltz is traditionally broadcast by all public-law television and radio stations exactly at midnight.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
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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 adding "Leider nicht von Johannes Brahms" ("Alas! not by Johannes Brahms").
The piece's popularity has been bolstered, as it became famous for its prominent use in the highly influential Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
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In the movie, the piece is used to accompany a lengthy scene in which a Pan Am spaceplane is seen docking with a space station, as well as its trip to the Moon. Its use is, perhaps, intended to create a parallel between the intricate docking procedure and the role of two dancers in a waltz.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
The piece is also used to accompany the film's closing credits. The movie's use of this piece has led to further use in pastiches of it.
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
amazing my friend
FrozenParanormalwolf 1 month ago
The Blue Danube has got to be the number one song of all times!
jednpep 1 month ago
Thanks for the lovely version, wishing you all the best in 2012! Here's to more beautiful recordings!
amiedetherese 1 month ago
@amiedetherese Thanks for the nice comments! Always good to see a comment from you. All the best to you in 2012 as well.
MusicBoxBoy 1 month ago