Composer Study - Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II

"The Waltz has brought happiness and enjoyment to the world” ~ Egon Gartenberg

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Music Lesson Plan

  • Music Links

  • Read Alouds

  • Time & Place Connection Subjects

  • Recipe

Multi-Subject Connections

  • Science Activity, read aloud

  • Art Activity, read aloud

  • Literature Activity, read aloud, copywork

  • History Activity, read alouds, decoding worksheets

Johann Strauss II related food: Vanillekipferl

Make and eat this Austrian Dessert. Click on the picture below to go to the recipe.

 

Johann Strauss’s Music

Song 1: André Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube

André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra playing "The Beautiful Blue Danube" (An der schönen blauen Donau) by composer Johann Strauss II. Recorded live at Empress Sisi's castle; Schönbrunn Palace Vienna, Austria with dancers from the famous Austrian Elmayer Dancing School.

SONG 2: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 'The Blue Danube' (waltz) scene [1080p]

2018 was the 50th anniversary of this famous scene, and it inspired the similar waltz sequence in 'First Man'. It seems such an obvious fit to put waltz music together with scenes of beauty and weightlessness, which underscores what a stroke of genius it was back then.

Song 3: Johann Strauss II - Voices of Spring Waltz

In its purely orchestral version the Frühlingsstimmen Walzer was played for the first time on 18 March 1883 when the composer's brother, Eduard Strauss, conducted it with the Strauss Orchestra at one of his regular Sunday afternoon concerts in the Goldene Saal (Golden Hall) of the Musikverein building in Vienna. This première also met with great success and the waltz had to be encored.

Song 4: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka - Johann Strauss II

Synchronized the William Tell Overture (by Rossini) to 8 Line Riders racing down the track for victory. All lines were drawn by hand.

Biography: Strauss Jr Mini Doc

A Mini 3 minute Documentary based on the life of Johann Strauss Jr.

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