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:
Edison Grand Concert Band [oldest recording as Blue Danube Waltz]
Sousa's Band [idem; top 5 US]
Prince's Orch. [idem]
Willy Derby [as O Land Van Maas En Waal En Rijn]
Ray Noble [as Blue Danube Waltz top 3 US]
Marek Weber Orch. [idem; hit US]
Burl Ives [in film So Dear To My Heart]
Berliner Philharmoniker [in film 2001: A Space Odyssey; conducted by Herbert von Karajan]
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Arnold Rypens
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