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Johann Strauss, Jr., 'The Waltz King, ' is the master composer featured in this volume. His most popular waltzes and polkas, including 'The Blue Danube, ' 'The Emperor Waltz, ' 'Voices of Spring, ' 'Artist's Life, ' and 'Tales from the Vienna Woods, ' are highlighted. This book contains an extra treat in that it also includes works by other members of the Strauss family, namely those of the brothers Josef and Eduard. 28 titles on 144 pages.
This biographical study explores the times which formed Strauss and in turn succumbed to his influence. The Straussian presence and contribution to nineteenth-century Europe are significant beyond the lilting melodies and the cliché-ridden image of the "waltz king" because these foreshadow the collision of the old order with the new. Johann Strauss "fiddled" as the Habsburg empire sank into a quagmire, mostly of its own making. It was Strauss, more than Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, or Schoenberg, who made Vienna and the waltz household words throughout the world. Yet the very spirit of his art, its joyous naiveté, gave his era a false face, a mask of lighthearted wel...
Zoë Alexis Lang explores constructions of twentieth-century Austrian identity through an examination of commentary on Johann Strauss, Jr's waltzes.
Paul Paradise has selected and edited 26 beautiful Strauss waltzes specifically for string quartet or string orchestra. The pieces were chosen to provide each player with a meaningful part, and have been assembled according to level of difficulty and edited with contemporary fingerings and bowings. Contents are: * Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Artist's Life, Op. 316 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Wine, Woman, and Song, Op. 333 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4 * Viennese Blood, Op. 354 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Coda * Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Paul Paradise has selected and edited 26 beautiful Strauss waltzes specifically for string quartet or string orchestra. The pieces were chosen to provide each player with a meaningful part, and have been assembled according to level of difficulty and edited with contemporary fingerings and bowings. Contents are: * Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Artist's Life, Op. 316 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Wine, Woman, and Song, Op. 333 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4 * Viennese Blood, Op. 354 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Coda * Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Paul Paradise has selected and edited 26 beautiful Strauss waltzes specifically for string quartet or string orchestra. The pieces were chosen to provide each player with a meaningful part, and have been assembled according to level of difficulty and edited with contemporary fingerings and bowings. Contents are: * Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Artist's Life, Op. 316 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Wine, Woman, and Song, Op. 333 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4 * Viennese Blood, Op. 354 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Coda * Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4.
This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.