Johann Strauss II
Composer
Elisabeth Soderstrom , 82; Swedish opera singer...she also had a superb sense of comedy that allowed her to excel in lighter fare, such as Rosalinde in "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss II. "All my life I have striven to show that it is not in the slightest unnatural to express yourself in... In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Leos Janacek, Katya Kabanova, Richard Strauss, Metropolitan Opera, Stockholm, Buoyancy, and New York Herald Tribune |
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 4 days ago
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra performs Caminos del Inka
...day from Spain. Street parties were portrayed in a style that echoed European masters: Dvorak in folk themes woven into symphonic textures; Johann Strauss in a blustery march. Brooding cellos under a sad trumpet recalled Verdi; a...
In this article: Fort Worth, Orchestration, and Johann Strauss
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Obituaries in the news
...Gounod's "Faust," Adina in Donizetti's "L'Elisir D'Amore," Musetta in Puccini's "La Boheme," Rosalinde in Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus" and the Composer in Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos." After 1964, she didn't return to an opera at the...
In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Johann Strauss Jr., Der Rosenkavalier, Oxnard, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm, and California
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Houston Chronicle | November 14, 2009
CD review: Singing the praises of Kate Baldwin
...invitation to romance, with Lane and Lerner's Open Your Eyes, an invitation to appreciate the world around us - and sets both against Johann Strauss's Emperor Waltz. This arrangement is one of the most ingenious and effective cases of...
In this article: Burton Lane, Jule Styne, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner, Dorothy Fields, Finian's Rainbow, Blues in the Night, and How About You?
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Baltimore Sun | November 13, 2009
Blast from the Past: Richard Tauber
...since Tauber knew his way around a podium, I thought I'd include a non-vocal example of his artistry, too, conducting of the overture to Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus." Note the number of his idiosyncratic touches, especially the very slow...
In this article: Richard Tauber, E mail, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, BBC Music Magazine, They Say It's Wonderful, Die Fledermaus, Occidental College in Los Angeles, Eisenhower College, and NPR
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Midland Daily News | November 05, 2009
'Exhuberant' Texan joins MSO for 'Opera in Concert'
...said. "It's excerpts from all the highlights of the best opera." Other selections will include the overture to "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss Jr.; Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" overture; the "March and Chorus" from Act IV of Bizet's...
In this article: Carmen, Flying Dutchman, Nabucco, Madama Butterfly, Aida, and Johann Strauss Jr
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 04, 2009
Funny side of Sinfonietta
...would later appear in Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes." The wry quotations of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and bloated exaggerations of Johann Strauss had nothing on the flimsy instrumentation jumbled together in different keys and...
In this article: Michael Morgan, Jacques Ibert, Michael Daugherty, Darius Milhaud, Symphony No. 4, Johann Strauss, Disney, PDQ Bach, and Daniel Barenboim
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | October 26, 2009
Classical album review: Leopold Godowsky
...Jew Leopold Godowsky, who became a US citizen and later director of piano at Vienna's Music Academy a decade after the death of Johann Strauss II. Marc-AndrA© Hamelin's performance is full of life and the music oozes admiration for its...
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Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr., or Johann Sebastian Strauss) (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899) was an Austrian composer famous for having written over 500 waltzes, polkas, marches, and galops. He was the son of the composer Johann Strauss I, and brother of composers Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, and is the most famous member of the Strauss family. He was known in his lifetime as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. He revolutionized the waltz, elevating it from a lowly peasant dance to entertainment fit for the royal Habsburg court. His works enjoyed greater fame than his predecessors, such as Johann Strauss I and Josef Lanner. Some of Strauss' most famous works include The Blue Danube, Wein, Weib und Gesang, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, the Kaiser-Walzer, and the operetta Die Fledermaus.
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