Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

The waltz was based on the Ländler, a folk dance scorned by upper class Austrians. Born on the outskirts of Vienna in 1825, Johann Strauss II composed over 500 waltzes, polkas and other kinds of ...

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

Let the Waltz Begin!' Vienna's Ball Season Has 18th Century Roots, but Teens Now Go Online to Dance VIENNA (AP) — The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal court who danced in the first of Vienna ...