

Johann Strauß (Sohn) (1825 – 1899) An der schönen blauen Donau Beautiful blue Danube for String Quartet arranged for string quartet by Ernst-Thilo Kalke Johann Strauss' enormously popular Blue Danube Waltz. Johann Strauss followed a music career against his father's wished. In 1844, he founded an orchestra that had immediate success and came to rival his father's orchestra. After Johann senior died, his son combined the two orchestras. He composed more than 400 waltzes and this is arguably the most famous of these.
Skip Henderson/ arr. Larry Moore
Based on the traditional tune Fisher's Hornpipe and heard in the blockbuster film Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man's Chest