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Resource : The Radetzky March by Johann Strauss I, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst at the New Years Day concert 2011
Johann Strauss the elder was one of Europe’s leading composers and conductors during the Age of Revolution. Known particularly for dance music, he became known as the father of the Viennese Waltz. This march was commissioned to celebrate the victory of Austrian troops over Italian revolutionaries in the 1848 European revolutions.