The Congress of Vienna
Track Listings
| 1. March Medley: British Grenadiers & Columbia, Gem of the Ocean | ||
| 2. Grand Waltz from "Faust" by Gounod | ||
| 3. Eljen a Magyar Polka by Johann Strauss, Jr. | ||
| 4. La Donna e Mobile (Mazurka) from "Rigoletto" by Verdi | ||
| 5. The Lobster Quadrille by E. Markham Lee | ||
| 6. Juliet's Waltz from "Romeo & Juliet" by Gounod | ||
| 7. Ninetta Polka (U.S., 1850s - author unknown) | ||
| 8. Ripley's Schottische by Hosea Ripley | ||
| 9. The Congress of Vienna (Swedish Folk Waltzes after Ola Lans, 1760s) | ||
| 10. The Flowers of Edinburgh Medley | ||
| 11. Kalia's Waltz by Jon Berger | ||
| 12. Tournament Galop by Louis Moreau Gottschalk | ||
| 13. Zwiefacher: Alte Kathe (author unknown) | ||
| 14. Wedding Schottische (American Brass Band Journal, 1850s) | ||
| 15. Accordion Mazurka (Traditional Varsouvienne) | ||
| 16. La Chinche (The Bedbug/The Rye Waltz) (1840s California) | ||
| 17. El Sombrero Blanco (Waltz) (1840s California) | ||
| 18. Strauss Waltz Potpourri (Johann Strauss, Jr.) | ||
| 19. Bahn Frei! (Clear Track!) by Eduard Strauss | ||
| 20. Drinking Song Waltz from "La Traviata" by Verdi |
Editorial Reviews
John Howard, Founder & Leader, San Francisco Starlight Orchestra
Extremely clean playing and recording! Most impressive are the excellent arrangements!!! Also, your piccolo trumpet playing is something else!!
Edith Maverick-Folger
It is just lovely. Beautiful sound balance, wonderful musicianship. I am really glad I have it.
Album Description
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA is an album of vintage ballroom dance music played by The Brassworks, a six-piece brass band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The dance styles on the album include Waltz, Polka, Schottische, Mazurka, Galop, Quadrille, March, Reel, Varsouvienne, and Zwiefache. It features classics from Johann Strauss, Jr., Eduard Strauss, Louis Moreau Gottschalk and John Philip Sousa, operatic excerpts from Verdi and Gounod, folk and traditional tunes from Europe, the British Isles and America, early California and Civil War era dance music, and two recently composed waltzes, including Jay Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell". Most of the arrangements are by the Band's co-founder and director, Frank Beau Davis. The title track, "The Congress of Vienna", is a set of fetchingly bittersweet Swedish folk waltzes. Its English Regency style dance step was developed by John Hertz of Los Angeles. This perfect pairing of step and music in a gracefully figured waltz sequence has become phenomenally popular among West Coast vintage dancers. It is also The Brassworks Band's most requested dance number. At over 73 minutes in length, with 23 tracks, the album not only gives a wide representation of vintage dance styles; its lively arrangements also provide a great listening experience: very upbeat, uplifting, and infectiously toe-tapping.
The Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna, Music, Various, Frank Beau Davis
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