Franz Lehár - Giuditta (Walzer, Waltz)

Giuditta ist einer von Lehars elektrisierenden Konzertwalzern, die sich aus berühmten Melodien seiner Operetten zusammensetzen. Bei Giuditta ist es Musik aus der gleichnamigen Operette. Das Bild zeigt das Lehár-Denkmal im Wiener Stadtpark. - Magnificent Giuditta-Waltz on themes from "Giuditta"

André Rieu - And The Waltz Goes On With Sir Anthony Hopkins

Dmitri Shostakovich - The second waltz / Dimitri Schostakowitsch - Der Zweite Walzer

Joseph Lanner - His Music and His Life

The Austrian Joseph Lanner, Godfather of Waltz, was  born in Vienna on April 12, 1801. As a self-educated person, Lanner joined a string quintet together with viola player Johann Strauss, Kind of Waltz ("Blue Danube" and many more).

Langer enlarged this quintet formation gradually up to a wellknown orchestra.

Lanner started to compose dances - all-in-all 200 (!) waltzes! Beethoven and Schubert also used this composition format already in their so-called German dances.

In Lanner's waltzes swing the cozy sound of Vienna's conventional life.

Joseph Lanner passed away in Oberdoebling nearby Vienna on April 14, 1843.