Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Waltz links

Here are the pieces we're playing for Waltz Night and a youtube links to study the pieces:

The Blue Danube - http://www.fjhmusic.com/strings/st6162.htm - click on the "play recording" link (you'll need Real Player - easily downloadable)

Alternate Blue Danube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiwI5k-gFwc

Emperor Waltz (also called Kaiserwaltz) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG-kLDAj8mc
(You can learn the steps with this video... )

Tales from the Vienna Woods - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKT7teKNjk&feature=related
(and, for fun - here's a clip from a 1930's movie 'telling' you how Strauss composed this waltz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1C5-vznVks)

Artist's Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCdNx4Goe9M

Wine, Women, and Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5JBrRZvTE

Wiener Blut (Viennese Blood) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeENyTf1mbc

Tritsch Tratsch Polka - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5yr-r3GkW4

And, lastly, here's a medley of a bunch of the tunes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HM0vsmfnFc