Whether an old folk ballad or a futuristic techno hit, music is the lifeblood of Europe’s great cities and one of the most ...

This isn’t just a tribute to a beloved classical piece; it’s a corrective mission and a symbol of Europe’s artistic and ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Seabrook about his book The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, which ...

In a unique tribute, ESA transmitted the Blue Danube Waltz into deep space to celebrate its 50th anniversary, merging art and ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) beamed Strauss’s The Blue Danube into deep space as a musical message to aliens.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has sent a famous piece of classical music deep into space "for aliens" in a symbolic gesture to mark its 50th anniversary. Johann Strauss II’s The Blue Danube waltz, ...

The recent performance, organized by Vienna Symphony Orchestra director Jan Nast, was aimed at correcting the composition's ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers ...

Among those skipped was Johann Strauss II, whose “Blue Danube” graced Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi opus “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The tourist board in Vienna, where Strauss was born on ...