Commentary: Whence the waltz? What’s behind the New Year’s tradition and why it matters
Vienna traditionally waltzes in the new year and much of the world blithely follows its example. In fact, the waltz is ...
BBC8 年
The Danube Ain't Blue, It's Green
From 2016. Show more Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Johann Strauss ever wrote – the Blue Danube. In Vienna, he hits the tourist trail and finds that everyone knows it ...
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Commentary: Whence the waltz? What's behind the New Year's tradition and why it matters
But the elephant in the cosmic waltz room was “2001.” The spaceship approaching the space station, floating, as if in an interstellar dance, to the strains of Strauss' “The Blue Danube Waltz ...
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Celebrating 200 years of Johann Strauss II
Austrian composer Johann Strauss II was born in Vienna on October 25, 1825. World famous for his Viennese waltzes, including ...