Ion Ivanovici [Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici,
Josef Ivanovich] (1845 – 1902) was a Romanian
military band leader and composer of Banat Serbian
origin, best remembered today for his waltz Waves of
the Danube. He was born in Timișoara, Austrian
Empire. His interest in music began after he learned to
play a flute given to him when he was a child.
Ivanovici moved to and lived most of his life in
Kingdom of Romania, Galați. Reaching the rank of
officer in the Romanian army...(+)
Ion Ivanovici [Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici,
Josef Ivanovich] (1845 – 1902) was a Romanian
military band leader and composer of Banat Serbian
origin, best remembered today for his waltz Waves of
the Danube. He was born in Timișoara, Austrian
Empire. His interest in music began after he learned to
play a flute given to him when he was a child.
Ivanovici moved to and lived most of his life in
Kingdom of Romania, Galați. Reaching the rank of
officer in the Romanian army, his interest in military
music culminates during his appointment as general
inspector of military songs in 1900. In 1901 he settled
in Bucharest where he passed away a year later.
Although today Ivanovici is chiefly remembered for his
waltz "Waves of the Danube" ("Donauwellen" in German,
"Flots du Danube", in French), in his lifetime he
composed over 300 works (many of them lost today).
Other notable compositions are "Carmen Sylva" waltz,
dedicated to Queen Elisabeth of Romania; "Romanian
heart" waltz op 51 ("Inimă română" in
Romanian , "Cordialité roumaine" in French).
His works were published by over sixty publishing
houses throughout the world. In 1889, Ivanovici won the
coveted march prize to mark the World Exhibition in
Paris, out of 116 entries. While some may dispute his
nationality today, he is by all historical standards a
Romanian composer. His great-grandson Andrei Ivanovitch
is a successful international classical pianist.
"Waves of the Danube" was first published in Bucharest
in 1880. It was dedicated to Emma Gebauer, the wife of
music publisher Constantin Gebauer. Composer Émile
Waldteufel made an orchestration of the piece in 1886,
which was performed for the first time at the 1889
Paris Exposition, and took the audience by storm. It
won the march prize to mark the exhibition out of 116
entries.
Ivanovici's "Danube Waves" was published in the United
States in 1896 and republished in 1903 by the Theodore
Lohr Company in an arrangement for piano by Simon
Adler. The published version was called "Waves of the
Danube." The composition is also known as "Danube Waves
Waltz."
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Ivanovici).
Although originally composed for Piano, I created this
Interpretation of the "Donauwellen" (Waves of the
Danube) for Flute, Oboe & Strings (2 Violins, Viola &
Cello).
SHEET MUSIC