"Emperor Waltz"

Name: Blue Danube Waltz / "Vienna Blood" / "Emperor Waltz"
Duration: 10 min 36 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.11	Blue Danube Waltz / "Vienna Blood" / "Emperor Waltz"	10:36	Johann Strauss II	Gallery of Classical Music: Waltzes	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2000	Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI)	18942

orchestra:	London Symphony Orchestra

recording of:	1. An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314) 2. Wiener Blut, op. 354 (Vienna Blood, waltz) 3. Kaiser‐Walzer, op. 437 (Emperor Waltz, op. 437)

premiered in:	Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1867-02-15)

composer:	Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)

referred to in medleys:	“Unbegun” Symphony: Minuet (order: 10) Comedy in Music, Part II (order: 10)
later translated versions:	Le beau Danube bleu
later versions:	River of Light Sweet Wings of Love (“Blue Danube”) The Blue Danube (english lyrics)
is the basis for:	3. Juni 1899 An der schönen blauen Donau (Comedian Harmonists version) Arabesken über Themen des Walzers „An der schönen blauen Donau“ von Johann Strauss für Klavier Arabesques on “An der schönen, blauen Donau” Blue Danube Fantasy: A New Account of the Blue Danube Waltzes Blue Danube Swing (for coloratura soprano) Improvisation über den Walzer “An der schönen blauen Donau” Parafraas valsist „Ilusal sinisel Doonaul” Red Danube The Blue Danube (Spike Jones version) The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz Вальс подводников Дунайской флотилии (Yellow Submarine)
arrangements:	An der schönen blauen Donau (Helmut Zacharias arrangement) An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (catch-all for arrangements) An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314 (for piano, by Cziffra) Badesaison an der schönen blauen Donau Blue Danube (Trapeze) Blue Danube Le Beau Danube (ballet, arr. Désormière) The Blue Danube 美しく蒼きガンジス河
music quoted in:	Another Cinderella 替え唄クラシックメドレー

premiered in:	Berlin, Germany (on 1889-10-21)

composer:	Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1889)

is the basis for:	Valse de l'Empereur („Kaiser-Walzer”, with French lyrics) ワルツ (Waltz, Final Fantasy II)
arrangements:	Kaiser-Walzer (for chamber ensemble, Schönberg) Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 (for 12 violas, Fürst) Kaiser‐Walzer, op. 437 (catch-all for arrangements) Kaiserwalzer (Franz Marszalek arrangement)

composer:	Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)

is the basis for:	Wiener Blut ("Wiener Blut, Wiener Blut, voller Schwung, voller Schmiss, voller Glut...") (aus dem Film "Wiener Blut")
arrangements:	Wiener Blut (Helmut Zacharias arrangement)