1867 Paris World's Fair Sensation.

piano johann strauss 1866 and1867 hit song

Hello. Thank you for calling in. Your visit is appreciated. Tony in Staffordshire, England.

Pianist, Organist over age 70. First Piano Lesson aged 7 and taught under Trinity College of Music, London Syllabus. Have worked as a Newspaper Printer, Professional full-time Musician Hotel Bands, Holiday Resorts in UK, Clubs on Hammond Organ etc. Switched to Magical Entertainments with my wife way back in 1981 - never looked back. So I'll stress the word MAGICIAN. Have lived in the UK in Stockport, Prestatyn, Wilmslow and now "somewhere" very quiet in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Still using my faithful Yamaha Digital 88 fully weighted Piano, and various others by Yamaha, Casio and Korg, and have an old Technics Organ. I don't sequence music, I don't use any programmes on computer other than Audacity. What you hear is what I am. I don't give other infornation here now.

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Acoustic • Acoustic General

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Peak #9

Peak in subgenre #1

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PD

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October 15, 2025

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MP3 5.3 MB • 260 kbps • 2:52 minutes

Story behind the song

The famous waltz "The Blue Danube" (An der schönen blauen Donau) was composed by Johann Strauss II in 1866, and first performed with choir in 1867, becoming a massive hit in its instrumental form at the 1867 Paris World's Fair. 
Composer: Johann Strauss II, known as "The Waltz King".
Composition Year: 1866.
First Performance (Choral): February 15, 1867, by the Vienna Men's Choral Association (Wiener Männergesang-Verein).
Original Form: It started as a choral piece with lyrics by Josef Weyl, but Strauss later adapted it into the popular instrumental waltz for the Paris World's Fair.

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Blue Danube - 1867 Exposition Universelle, Paris

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