The Blue Danube

The waltz originally had an accompanying song text written by Josef Weyl. Strauss adapted it into a purely orchestral version for the World's Fair in Paris that same year, and it became a great success in this form. The instrumental version is by far the most commonly performed today. An alternate text by Franz von Gernerth, ''Donau so blau'' (''Danube so blue''), is also used on occasion.

The sentimental Viennese connotations of the piece have made it into a sort of unofficial Austria n National Anthem . It is a traditional encore piece at the annual Vienna New Year's Concert .

The composer Johannes Brahms loved this waltz. It is reported by Norman Lloyd in his "Golden Encyclopedia of Music" that when asked by Frau Strauss for an autograph, Brahms autographed Mrs. Strauss's fan by writing on it the first few bars of the Blue Danube. Under it he wrote "Unfortunately ''not'' by Johannes Brahms ."

''THE BLUE DANUBE'' IN POPULAR CULTURE

It was prominently featured in the soundtrack of ''.

In a 1942 Warner Brothers Cartoon , '' A Corny Concerto '', starring Daffy Duck

In a 1942 Warner Brothers Cartoon , '' High Note ''.

In a 2000 Japanese film, '' Battle Royale ''.

It featured in the computer game Elite , played as background music by an in-game docking computer.

A sketch from '' Monty Python's Flying Circus '' takes advantage of the piece's fame, featuring, in typical Monty Python fashion, "the exploding version of the Blue Danube."

In '' The Simpsons '', Homer Simpson munched on floating potato chips to the tune of ''The Blue Danube'' while in space in the episode '' Deep Space Homer ''.

In the '', the Troubadour sings the song called "Sweet Wings of Love", with the tune of "The Blue Danube".

In the film "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", directed by Clint Eastwood, it is used to intensify the comedy of a scene involving a transvestite.

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