Strauss: Tales From the Vienna Woods



-Brian Mendonca

Work: Tales from the Vienna Woods (1868)

Genre: Western Classical

Period: Romantic

Duration: 11 minutes

Recording: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

About: Johann Strauss (1825-99) was a towering figure in western classical music of the nineteenth century. The work is one of six Viennese waltzes and is inspired by the folk music heard in the Vienna woods. He was born, lived and passed on in Vienna. 

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