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The memorial plaque, affixed by the Wiener Schubertbund (Schubert Association) reminds us that the Blue Danube Waltz was composed in this house, where Johann Strauß lived with his first wife on the upper floor.
The text runs as follows:
In this house, in 1867, Johann Strauß wrote the "Viennese anthem", the Blue Danube Waltz. To its honorary member the Waltz King, in commemoration of his 100th birthday, by the Vienna Schubertbund 1925.
 
 

Johann Strauß: memorial plaques and tablets
"Erster Gedanke" (First Thought) - a piano waltz dating back to 1831			Danube Waltz - a commemorative tablet