: Strauss composed the waltz to celebrate the 1873 wedding of Archduchess Gisela (daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I) and Prince Leopold of Bavaria.
: This piece marked Strauss's long-awaited debut with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra . For years, the elite ensemble had dismissed him as a composer of "light" music, but "Wiener Blut" finally bridged the gap between popular dance music and high-art symphonic performance. vienna_philharmonic_strauss_wiener_blut_walzer_...
: Conducted by Daniel Harding , featuring pianist Igor Levit in a program that highlighted the waltz alongside orchestral masterworks. : Strauss composed the waltz to celebrate the
