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7 unusual facts about The Blue Danube


Benjamin Bilse

The orchestra became increasingly popular, Bilse toured Europe and gave guest concerts in Saint Petersburg, Riga, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Vienna, as well as at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where his band performed The Blue Danube together with Johann Strauss II.

Down Beat Bear

The chase resumes briefly until Jerry jumps on a piano and starts playing The Blue Danube.

J. Elmer Spyglass

At the Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he accompanied a 25 piece orchestra and a 200 member choir in singing Strauss's "An der schönen blauen Donau".

La Ola Walzer

The single is a catchy form of 'pop waltz' song, featuring the main melody of "The Blue Danube".

Pummerin

The Pummerin sounds on only a few special occasions such as high Catholic holidays such as Easter, Whitsunday, Feast of Corpus Christi (Pentacost), Christmas Eve, and St. Stephen's Day (High Patron of the Church - Dec 26th); state funerals, and at the beginning of the New Year, when it is broadcast on national television, ORF, followed by The Blue Danube Waltz.

The Trouble with Mr. Bean

While in the chair, when Mr. Peggit turns on the tape recorder playing The Blue Danube, he meddles with the controls on the dentist's chair and the dentist's equipment while his back is turned, even draining Mr. Peggit's cup of coffee with the suction tube.

Waltzes from Vienna

The film tells the story of the writing and performance of The Blue Danube.


Battle Through Time

Each level has its own music theme, which consist of computer renditions of various famous melodies, such as Symphony #5 by Ludwig van Beethoven and The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss the Younger, and contemporary classics such as the Star Wars theme.

Rathausball-Tänze

The first is not so consequential as it marked Strauss incorporation of many snatches of his famous The Blue Danube waltz op. 314 resulting in the entire Coda (tail-piece) being dominated with anticipation of the waltz proper as is Strauss incorporation of Haydn's Austrian hymn Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser into various sections of the Coda.


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