Johann Strauss- The Blue Danube (Piano Solo)

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In my opinion, this is the best version of the Blue Danube for the piano. I hope you enjoy the song!

Johann Strauss- The Blue Danube (Piano version)

Edit 6-23-15@8:01 AM: For those who requested the pianist, I do not know who played this (got this from an old CD I had a long time ago which doesn't state the author.) If I find out who played this I will tell the name of the pianist in this description box.

Created 3-7-15@9:41AM



DESCRIPTION TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA PAGE:
Some of Johann Strauss' most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer", "Tales from the Vienna Woods", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the best known.

Later, in the 1870s, Strauss and his orchestra toured the United States, where he took part in the Boston Festival at the invitation of bandmaster Patrick Gilmore and was the lead conductor in a "Monster Concert" of over 1000 performers (see World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival),[13] performing his "Blue Danube" waltz, amongst other pieces, to great acclaim.[13]

Johannes Brahms was a personal friend of Strauss; the latter dedicated his waltz "Seid umschlungen, Millionen!" ("Be Embraced, You Millions!"), Op. 443, to him.[19] A story is told in biographies of both men that Strauss's wife Adele approached Brahms with a customary request that he autograph her fan. It was usual for the composer to inscribe a few measures of his best-known music, and then sign his name. Brahms, however, inscribed a few measures from the "Blue Danube", and then wrote beneath it: "Unfortunately, NOT by Johannes Brahms."[20]

Edited 3-10-15@6:06PM