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

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To celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board, in collaboration with Jung von Matt DONAU, ...

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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, ...

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The recent performance, organized by Vienna Symphony Orchestra director Jan Nast, was aimed at correcting the composition's omission on the Voyager Golden Record, which included Bach's Brandenburg ...

Birthdays for ESA (50) and Johann Strauss (200) marked with music of the spheres What did you do on Saturday? We ask because ...