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Started by Travis Bickle, November 08, 2012, 02:07:29 PM

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milos

The river Danube has been an inspiration for more than just one waltz.



Jovan Ivanović/Josef Ivanovich/Ion Ivanovici (1845-1902) was an ethnic Serb born near the town of Timișoara, which was then in the Austrian Empire, and it's in the modern day Romania. He joined a military music band, toured the country, then moved to the city of Bucharest, Romania, and started composing musical pieces. Today, he is known only for his waltz "The Waves of the Danube" (1880), but he wrote over 350 dance pieces and marches and his works were published by no less than 60 publishing houses around the world. He won the coveted march prize to mark the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 out of 116 entries by other outstanding composers of the time.

Ivanović had a desire to establish a senior music school in Belgrade, Serbia, but when he addressed the authorities to fund his idea, Serbian King Milan rejected him, saying: "We don't have any budget for music, we must build up a standing army." So, Ivanović remained in Bucharest, where he had good conditions for his work, and now he is known as a Romanian composer. He later said: "There, I, as a Serb who loves his people, am going into a foreign country, being unable to work where my holy duty orders me. And, as you may see, I am achieving a success here which is being praised." My heart is bleeding when I read "The Waves of the Danube" is a Romanian composition.

In the United States, the waltz is also known as "The Anniversary Song", a title given by Al Jolson, when he and Saul Chaplin released an adaptation of the opening theme of the waltz in 1946 with lyrics added, for the movie "The Jolson Story".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VcQVNw2w78

And here is the original composition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyfeTD0b7w

I have been attending a dancing school shortly, for a period of four months, and had a chance to dance slow waltz. It's like dancing a dream, round and round and round, truly amazing. In the school, they were forcing Latin dances because of being popular, but Latin dances don't allow you to come even close to your partner. In waltz, you really grab your partner, but it's very difficult, you must know exactly what you are doing, in order not to trample her all over. You need to practice it every day in order to dance it just well enough. And I couldn't imagine dancing Vienna waltz, which has much faster pace than slow waltz. Waltz was a rock'n'roll of its time, back then when it was invented.

http://www.johann-strauss.org.uk/composers-a-m.php?id=131
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Ivanovici
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waves_of_the_Danube
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milos

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walkstall

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Jamaican musician Brushy One String is billed as the world's greatest one-string guitarist. This is a strangely hypnotic piece, "Destiny."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP2FIXCZ_1s&list=RDlOUlgYCX_Uw&index=24

walkstall

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Quote from: walkstall on October 13, 2016, 12:00:56 PM
Well a little bit does go a long ways.   :lol:

I suppose that's what others are saying about Brushy One String, but I see what you mean.

Here. Something age-appropriate.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fsuFq1BLQ

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Noooo, I like Welk, except that much of his music had a Polka Waltz sound to it.
No, there were worse on the air. I always hated the gotea....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY9gtYeHhk
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walkstall

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

walkstall

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."