 | The Blue Danube Johann Strauss II Vibraphone or Marimba or Xylophone Skill level :
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| Composer |  Strauss II, Johann (1825 - 1899) | ||
| Instrumentation | Vibraphone or Marimba or Xylophone | ||
| Sheet central | The Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau) (45 sheet music) | ||
| Style | Waltz | ||
| Arranger |  | ||
| Date | 1866 | ||
| Copyright | Copyright © Dewagtere, Bernard | ||
| Other title | An der schönen blauen Donau - Op.314 | ||
| Added by bernard-dewagtere, 25 May 2012
The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der
schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314, a waltz by the Austrian
composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866.
Originally performed 15 February 1867 at a concert of
theWiener 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 reg...(+)
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