Klänge aus der Walachei (''Echoes from Wallachia''),
opus 50, is a
waltz composed by
Johann Strauss II
Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...
. The composition was first performed on 6 January 1848 in
Bucharest in
Wallachia (now
Romania), as part of a six-month tour of Europe that Strauss was conducting with his orchestra. Strauss had been influenced by the folk music of the countries he had toured, and this is reflected in his waltz ''Klänge aus der Walachei''.
References
Waltzes by Johann Strauss II
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