Johann Strauss

What Dominique Pagani says

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 : le Beau s'apprend-il ?20 Jul 2018 · 1:29:29
2. 2Musicosophie 6. La Variation Jazz... de Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 5:20
3. 3Musicosophie 8. Bonheur et malheur en musique11 Jan 2021 · 1:27:42
4. 4Musicosophie 2. De Lévi-Strauss à Nerval à propos de la musique3 Dec 2020 · 1:05:34
5. 5Musicosophie 10. Les deux Klemperer et Bruno Walter dans Wagner18 Jan 2021 · 26:18
6. 6Musicosophie 16. Musique à programme / Musique pure10 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.