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Waltz to Mars
Johann Strauss II · The Blue Danube10:30
A fleet leaves Earth in three-quarter time.
Strauss wrote The Blue Danube as a waltz for dancers. Here the dancers are ships.
The famous five-note call is five lights running up a hull. The answer is two beacons on a station.
Launch, the dance in orbit, the long crossing, Mars, and a new dawn.
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Johann Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Op. 314
Performed by Das Orchester Tsumugi, Takashi Inoue conducting, live 10 March 2024, Fukuoka Symphony Hall
Source: IMSLP recording #907155
Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (audio level adjusted, applause trimmed)