Perhaps the most widely popular composer of light classical music ever, Johann Strauss, Jr. wrote over 150 waltzes and brought the form to perfection as an extended musical composition. By the 1860s the waltz had become the exhilarating symbol of an elegant way of life, its lively sophistication mirroring the sparkle and joie de vivre of imperial Vienna and charming the world into dancing in three-quarter time.
Now musicians and musie lovers can enjoy eight of Strauss's finest waltzes,reprodueed from authoritative editions, in this sturdy, attractive collection.
Waltzes included in this volume:
The Beautiful Blue Danube
Artist's Life
Tales of the Vienna Woods
Wine, Women and Song
Wiener Blut
Roses from the South
Voices of Spring
Emperor Waltz
Replete with inspired melodie invention and harmonic felicities, most of the scores have been reprinted directly from excellent Cerman and Russian editions. In this inexpensive treasury they offer a rich source of inspiration and delight for every waltz lover.
