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Blue Danube Strauss, Johann

arr: Laurendeau, L.P.

Blue Danubeby: Johann Strauss (the Younger)

arr: Laurendeau, L.P.

Original Copyright: 1911

By: Carl Fischer

BandMusic PDF Library

Vaclav Klimek CollectionMusic Preservation Team: Tom Pechnik, Senior Archivist; Mary Phillips; Wayne Dydo;

Bill Park, Director; Marcus Neiman, Program Notes

North Royalton, Ohio

www.bandmusicpdf.org

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Strauss,

Jr.,

Johann

DOB:

October25,

1825(Vienna)

DOD:

June3,

1899(Vienna)

JohannStrauss,Jr.,

theAustrianmusicalgiantwhowasknow

nasthe

WaltzKing,wasborninViennaonOctober25,

1825.

Hisfirstwaltz

waswrittenwhenhewasonlysixyears

old.

Hisfatherdidno

twant

himandhistwobr

others,

JosefandEduard,

tobecomemusicians.

Therefore,aftergraduationfromtheSc

hottengymnasiumandthe

TechnischeHochs

chule,

Johann,

Jr.becameabankclerk.

endeavorswerecarriedons

ecretlywithFranzAm

on,

theleaderandfirstviolinist

stra,an

dwhentheelderStra

ussandhiswifesepa

rated,

Johann,

Jr.un

derwent

g.

orchestraattheageof19,an

dwhenhisfatherdie

d,

theorchestrasoffa

therand

group

touredextensivelythroughoutEurope,presentingconcertsinmajorcities

derrec

ognitionthanthatenjoyedbytheorchestra

underhisfatherslea

dership.

alsotouredinRussia(1865-1866),England(1869

),andtheUnitedStates(1876).

arwork

sdatefromthe1860,

includingAcceleratio

nsWaltz(1860),Vien

na

esfrom

theViennaWoodsW

altz,andthefamous

BlueDanubeWaltz.

After

luence

ofJacquesOffenbac

handCharlesLecoq,

heturnedtocomposing

teenoperettas,DieFlederm

ausandGypsyBaron

arethemostwidelyknown.

ver500works,manyofwhicharestandardsofth

eorchestralandband

ediedinViennaonJune3,1

899.1

Louis-PhilippeLaurendeau

DOB:1861(St.Hya

cinthe,

Canada)

DOD:1916(Montreal,Canada)

Laurendeau,Louis-Philippe.

Composer,writer,bSt-Hyacinthe,

Que,

1861,

dM

ontreal13Feb1916.

Hewasactiveforma

nyyears

inMontrealandwasbandmasteratthe

colemilitaireofS

aint-

Jean,

butlater

hedevotedhimselfentirelytocomposition

and

arranging.

Tho

ugharesidentofLongueuil(nearMontreal),he

occupiedaneditorialpositionwithCarlFischer,theNewY

ork

b l i h

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aswell,andFischerpublishe

dseveralofhisvolum

esofbandinstructionand

TheNew

Era

Ban

dBoo

k(G

rades2,

3)andTheP

ract

ica

lBan

dArranger.He

mPaulLaurent,buttheNatio

nalLibraryofCanada

hasrecordofonlyone

itappears.

AMontrealstree

twasnamedafterLa

urendeauin1931.

z)was

publishedin1911by

theCarlFischerPublishingCompany(New

York)

.Laure

ndeau.BlueDanube

isthecommonEnglishtitleofAnderschnen

14(On

the

Beau

tifu

lBlueDanu

be),awaltzbyJohannStraussII,comp

osedin

ormed

9February1867ata

concertofthe

Wiener

Mnnergesangsvere

in

alAsso

ciation),ithasbeeno

neofthemostconsis

tentlypopularpieces

ofmusic

rtoire.I

tsinitialperformance

wasonlyamildsucce

ss,

however,andStraussis

,"The

deviltakethewaltz,m

yonlyregretisforth

ecodaIwishthathadbeena

hadan

accompanyingsongtextwrittenbyJosefW

eyl.

Straussadapted

itintoa

sionfo

rtheWorld'sFairinP

aristhatsameyear,anditbecameagreat

success

rumentalversionisbyfarthemostcommonlyperformedtoday.Analte

rnatetext

rth,

Donauso

blau(Danu

be

soblue),isalsoused

onoccasion.

nneseconnotationsofthepiecehavemadeitinto

asortofunofficialAu

strian

satrad

itionalencorepiecea

ttheannualViennaN

ewYear'sConcert.T

hefirst

einterv

alsignalofOsterreichRundfunk'soverseasprograms.

poserNormanLloydinhis"GoldenEncyclopedia

ofMusic"thatwhena

skedby

autograph,

thecomposerJohannesBrahmsautog

raphedMrs.

Strauss'sfanby

fewbarsoftheBlueDanube

.Underithewrote"U

nfortunatelyno

tbyJo

hannes

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