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In a unique tribute, ESA transmitted the Blue Danube Waltz into deep space to celebrate its 50th anniversary, merging art and ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) beamed Strauss’s The Blue Danube into deep space as a musical message to aliens.
Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...
A beach in the Australian state of South Australia has been closed due to a mysterious foam. Surfers have reported cold and ...
It is Austria’s second national anthem. It is the inescapable conclusion to each New Year’s Day concert in Vienna. But how many of us have ever heard Strauss’s original version? In 1865, Johann ...
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It is part of a year-long celebration marking the 200th birthday ...
Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers ...
The theater dressing rooms at McLean High School were renamed after Janie Strauss, a School Board member for the Dranesville District from 1993 to 2019, an avid former educator, and director of ...
Waltzing through 2025, Vienna celebrates 200 years since the birth of its own musical genius, Johann Strauss. New Dimensions in central Vienna, is a new multimedia museum which is dedicated to ...
Vienna long ago declared as victor the Strauss it calls “the Sohn”, and it’s celebrating his 200th birthday with a full year of happenings, in thanks for gifting the city its signature tune ...
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The Habsburg dynasty, who ruled the region for more than 600 years, encouraged composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss and Mahler, and built the Vienna State Opera and the Graz Opera House.