Accelerationen
Sign in to saveAccelerationen (Accelerations), op. 234, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1860 for the Engineering Students' Ball at the Sofienbad-Saal in Vienna. It is one of his best-known waltzes, famous especially for its rapidly accelerating opening waltz theme.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1860 compositions and Waltzes by Johann Strauss II.
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- Composer
- Johann Strauss II
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- form of creative work
- waltz
- opus number
- 234
- title
- Accelerationen
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Accelerationen (Accelerations), op. 234, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1860 for the Engineering Students' Ball at the Sofienbad-Saal in Vienna. It is one of his best-known waltzes, famous especially for its rapidly accelerating opening waltz theme.
Accelerations is featured in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Tales of Strauss, Op. 21 as well as many of Strauss's other well-known waltzes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Accelerationen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.