#the blue danube

[bestofmidi]

the blue danube requested by @superbowlsunday !!!

original midi at http://www.samscars.com/bluedanub.mid

[krissiefox]

"The Blue Danube" is a tune that always makes me smile. Especially this funny version from Crash Twinsanity. 😁

This version from Spongebob is pretty cute, too!

EDIT:

I FORGOT ABOUT THE AMAZING ONE FROM ANIMANIACS! IT'S MADE OUT OF BURPS!

[mackintosh-buccaneer]

do your feet not dance of their own accord on hearing the blue danube?

[married-to-a-redhead]

I am sure normal people listen to popular music on Friday nights but this is the kind of music that helps me unwind on a Friday evening. I am so not normal.

[soapkaars]

As per my silly musicbox post, here you can actually hear the little thing singing its wound-up heart out!

[newmosbiusdesigns]

The Blue Danube by Piotr Gaborek Via Flickr: The Danube River and Budapest riverside with The Building of Parliament on the left, seen from Margaret Bridge. Budapest, Hungary

[nationmckinleyscorset]

OMG OMG OMG THE ICE CREAM TRUCK IN BACK TO LIFE PLAYS THE BLUE DANUBE IT PLAYS THE BLUE- ARGHHHHHHHHHH

[music-asylum]

March 6, 2023

[fuzzysparrow]

What is the common name of 'An der schönen blauen Donau', an 1866 waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger?

'The Blue Danube' is the common English name for 'An der schönen blauen Donau' (literally 'By the Beautiful Blue Danube'), an 1866 waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss the younger (1825-1899). The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe and passes through ten countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine.

'An der schönen blauen Donau' premiered on 15th February 1867 at a concert given by the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men's Choral Association). Strauss originally wrote it as an instrumental piece, but the Choral Association's poet, Joseph Weyl, add lyrics for the concert. The rather satirical lyrics referenced Austria having just lost a war with Prussia, and the title is based on a poem by Karl Isidor Beck (1817-1879). Ironically, Beck wrote the poem about the Danube flowing through his home town in Hungary and not about Vienna, as the lyrics to the song suggest.

Strauss later wrote a longer orchestral version of 'An der schönen blauen Donau' for the 1867 Paris World's Fair. It is this version that earned the greatest success. The music is written for a variety of instruments, including woodwind, brass, percussion and strings.

Vienna, the capital city of Austria, has unofficially adopted 'An der schönen blauen Donau' as the national anthem of Austria. Officially, the national anthem is 'Land der Berge, Land am Strome' ('Land of the mountains, land by the river').

[culturevulturette]

You think you’ve heard it, but then you listen to the whole thing and re-discover its many surprises and little delights...

[silverfoxstole]

After listening to Time Lord Victorious: Mutually Assured Destruction again, how could I not draw the Doctor trying to persuade the Dalek scientist to waltz in zero gravity?

I also believe it may be @eightwithcapitale ‘s birthday today, in which case Many Happy Returns, my friend! 🥳

[chromaticabomination]

There may be monsters

[positivefumo]

Koisheep while the Blue Danube with Touhou soundfont playing full version

[huariqueje]

Stacking with Blue Danube  -  Ingrid Smuling

Dutch, b.1944 -

Oil on panel , 17 x 17 cm.