Johann Strauss

Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Johann Strauss II only occasionally, mainly through his waltzes and the social settings tied to them. He links them to the popular music of southern Germany and Austria. In a session on learning to appreciate the Beautiful, he recalls that these were the waltzes Hitler preferred1. He also places them in specific settings: hotel orchestras2 and the Viennese New Year's ball3. He twice mentions, on the same day, the waltz Kubrick uses in 2001: A Space Odyssey4. The Blue Danube comes up mostly in connection with the shared name with Richard Strauss. He distinguishes the two composers5 and reports that Debussy makes clear that Richard Strauss has nothing to do with Johann6. In the Musicosophie sessions, Johann Strauss thus serves as a reference point or example. The passages contain no detailed analysis of his works.

1. 1Education: can beauty be learned?20 Jul 2018 · 1:29:29
2. 2#6 The jazz variation… by Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 5:20
3. 3#8 Happiness and unhappiness in music11 Jan 2021 · 1:27:42
4. 4#2 From Lévi-Strauss to Nerval, on music3 Dec 2020 · 1:05:34
5. 5#10 The two Klemperers and Bruno Walter in Wagner18 Jan 2021 · 26:18
6. 6#16 Programme music, pure music10 Mar 2021 · 45:39

Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.