Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year's tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance's greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...

Dubbed 'King of the Waltz' by the media, André Rieu has renewed interest in waltz music, done battle in the pop charts with ... The orchestra’s first CD, ‘From Holland with Love’ (1994) stayed in the ...

Gorgeous Viennese waltzes, songs and marches, famous Viennese operettas, dances, beautiful costumes, the Johann Strauss Orchestra enjoying skating by the Vienna Town Hall (to the strains of a ...

In the welter of pop music last week, a song called It’s All ... lines were the standard drippy stuff, but the lilting waltz tune had an unusually fresh, clean sound. Its composer: the late ...

Everyone knows the song “Tennessee Waltz.” In the past 75 years, it’s been recorded more than 500 times and has sold around 14 million records. In 1965, it became the official Tennessee state song.

In contrast, the Waltz of the Flowers is the final ... wrote some of the best known and most performed music of all time. He was most famous, and indeed very famous, for his wonderful and exciting ...

This means it has three beats per bar and gives the waltz its distinct 'oom pah pah' feel. Download lesson plans for six weeks of learning and activities for Tchaikovsky's music, as Powerpoint ...