You are sentimental,
You are young, beautiful, gentle and kind-hearted,
Like gold shining in a mine,
The truth wakes up there,
By the Danube,
By the beautiful blue Danube.
Sweet flowers are fragrant,
Soothes the shadows and wounds in my heart,
Flowers are still blooming in the barren bushes,
Nightingales are singing,
beside the Danube,
beside the beautiful blue Danube.
The background of music creation is related to the Puao War which broke out in 1866. On July 3 this year, Austria was defeated in the battle of Sadova, and even arrived at the gates of Vienna, the capital. Under the oppression of Prussia, the depressing atmosphere enveloped the whole city. In order to reverse the low mood of Vienna citizens, Johann von Herbeck, who was the conductor of Vienna Male Chorus Association before 1866, entrusted johann strauss to write a piece of music, but johann strauss was not confident in vocal music creation at that time, especially in chorus writing, so he wrote music without lyrics first, and then the lyricist filled in the lyrics to complete it. The earliest lyricist was Joseph Weil, and now the lyrics are re-written by another poet Franz von Gernat. Herbeck, a musician who commissioned johann strauss to write music, was the one who discovered the score of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony on May 1st, 1865. At that time, Herbeck was the court music director and a professor at the Conservatory of Music. Before johann strauss finished this waltz, he had left the Vienna Boys Choir. When some songs were first performed, the response was average, but on July 3th of the same year, at the venue of the World Expo in Paris, when the composer conducted the performance himself, the Blue Danube Waltz was warmly welcomed and spread like wildfire, which has been icing on the cake for people all over the world. In Vienna, it was even praised as Austria's "unofficial second national anthem" and became the pride of the Austrian people.
overture. String tremors are like the water waves of the Danube, flickering and rippling. On the river where the fog dissipates, the gorgeous spot of Chaoyang shines. The horn is like a glow that penetrates the winter fog and calls for spring. In the early morning, Vienna, who slept deeply on the Danube, began to wake up. Soon, the calling tone resounded throughout the orchestra; Under the morning light, the beautiful blue Danube raises happy waves.
The first waltz is like the god of spring spreading his wings of fantasy and dancing over the blue Danube. The beautiful melody, like a beautiful intonation, gently sends the beautiful words in the chorus to people's ears: "Spring is coming, the earth is laughing, the bees are buzzing, the wind is blowing the treetops ..."
The second waltz is high and open. The light melody is like a spring girl waving to the Danube River in the high Alps. The lyrics in the melody warmly praise the spring: "Oh, wonderful! Lips are like roses, smiling at us. Beautiful spring girl, wearing a colorful coat, really beautiful, really wonderful! " When people sang the phrase "Dew is her tears", the melody floated gently and became gloomy and moving.
The third waltz is full of Austrian country dance music. In the light rhythm, people can see the girls and boys dancing happily in the countryside along the Danube. The undulating sound patterns in the tune are like their flying clothes; The strong stress in the rhythm is like the dance point they gently tap. This dance music full of local flavor depicts the beautiful and intoxicating spring by the Danube River. And the people who live on this blue river are the people who live in a beautiful spring?
The smooth melody of the fourth waltz draws a winding blue channel on Austrian territory. In this living line, the boiling blood of the Austrian people flows. This eager and unrestrained dance music tells people the ancient history of the heroic nation thriving on the Danube. We can see from the rough sound that the ancient cities on the cliffs were born one by one in the dust of history, emitting awe-inspiring brilliance.
The fifth waltz is the expansion and development of the first waltz. Although they are very different in tone, they are the same enthusiastic hymn in temperament, cheering for spring to the Danube. After a short introduction, the orchestra gently played a melodious tone, and in the gradual increase of strength, loudly called out: "Spring has come, how beautiful!"
The ending of The Blue Danube is huge in structure and rich in sound, which almost covers all the waltz themes in the music. However, there are still colorful changes in the order of performance, the choice of theme and the instruments used. At the end, the third, fourth and first waltzes appeared, and then, the wonderful echo of the Danube rippling in the prelude sounded. In the clear colors, the fluting and jumping birds make people immersed in idyllic poetry. Suddenly, a sudden gust of sound surged in. The whole song ended in a fiery carnival climax. This conclusion shows Strauss's superb orchestral writing skills. When the work received a cold reception, the composer confidently said that he had no extravagant hopes for this work, but the ending was still successful.
Fifth, carry out patriotic ideological education.
The Blue Danube, written at the time of national peril, is full of patriotism and is permeated with the Austrian people's admiration for the motherland. Whenever Viennese who are far away from home hear this soul-stirring melody, they can't help crying. As a music critic named Hanslick said, "No matter where the Austrians meet in the world, this song is their invisible ID card. People also call him Austria's second national anthem.
johann strauss wrote more than 4 waltzes, more than 1 polkas and other dances in his life, as well as 16 operettas. Johann strauss enjoys the reputation of "the king of waltzes".
The Danube is a major river that flows through Central Europe. This river is as kind and familiar as a mother to a composer. I don't know how many times johann strauss went boating on the Danube and strolled on her banks. The blue river, picturesque scenery, villagers' simple dances and beautiful and moving legends make the composer feel as if he were immersed in his mother's warm arms, and he often lingers and refuses to leave. He prefers to read the poems of poets praising the Danube. Therefore, when Herbek asked him to compose a waltz with the theme of the Danube, vivid pictures of the beautiful scenery of the Danube and Percy's poem "On the Danube, on the Danube …" immediately came to the composer's mind. Johann strauss told his feelings to Yougner. The poet felt the same way, and he soon wrote a poem praising the Danube. When johann strauss got the poem "Beautiful Blue Danube", music thoughts stirred in his mind like a rushing river. People are interested in how johann strauss composed the Waltz of the Blue Danube, so there are different legends.
someone said that he forgot to bring his music paper that day, so he jotted down these thoughts on his shirt sleeve. That night, he didn't go home. He didn't go home until early morning and took off his shirt to sleep. His wife, Kitty Draver, is a singer. She found the music on her husband's shirt sleeve and knew what his new work was, so she didn't touch it. However, when she came back from something, she found that the shirt with music written on it was washed by the servant as dirty clothes. She was surprised and ran out to look for it. Fortunately, the washerwoman just threw her clothes into the washtub. Jiedi fished the shirt out of the water. Fortunately, the score ink has not been soaked. Therefore, today, people can hear this moving waltz, and really should thank Jiedi for saving the music. Of course, the legend may not be completely consistent with the facts, but it shows people's love for this piece of music and their eagerness to get to the source.
The Blue Danube Waltz is loved by people all over the world. It not only often appears in concerts, but also sets a world record in terms of performance scale.
In p>1872, johann strauss was invited to host the Blue Danube Waltz in Boston, USA, to perform at the World Peace Conference. The number of chorus participants in this performance was as high as 2,, and there were as many as 1,87 accompaniment instruments. Johann strauss is the chief conductor of chorus, with more than 1 assistant conductors. How to start such a large-scale performance? Someone has come up with a good idea: use guns as a starting signal. The performance was spectacular and magnificent, and was warmly welcomed by the audience. After the performance, a large number of audiences flocked backstage, hoping to meet the famous composer and asking for autographs. At this time, even a hair dropped by the composer has become a precious souvenir.
The Blue Danube Waltz is also one of the favorite songs of coloratura sopranos in concerts. In addition to singing the original songs, they added a lot of coloratura in the middle, which was more touching than chorus and orchestral music.