AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU

Created on 28/05/2009
Latest update on 02/05/2023

Artist: Wiener Männergesang-Verein
Author: Johann Strauss Jr.
Year: 1867

Lyrics by Josef Weyl and with the Forty-Second Infantry Regiment Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Weinwurm. Title possibly inspired by a Karl Beck poem (An der Donau) or by a line from another poem (Die feindlichen Brüder): "An der schönen blauen Donau liegt mein Dörfchen still und fein".

Covers:

1896:

Edison Grand Concert Band [oldest recording as Blue Danube Waltz]

1905:

Sousa's Band [idem; top 5 US]

1916:

Prince's Orch. [idem]

1927:

Dajos Bela Orch.

1927:

Johann Strauss & Symphony Orch.

1929:

Willy Derby [as O Land Van Maas En Waal En Rijn]

1933:

Comedian Harmonists

1935:

Ray Noble [as Blue Danube Waltz top 3 US]

1941:

Marek Weber Orch. [idem; hit US]

1948:

Burl Ives [in film So Dear To My Heart]

1968:

Berliner Philharmoniker [in film 2001: A Space Odyssey; conducted by Herbert von Karajan]

1990:

André Rieu

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