The Anti-Strauß
Organ Music
"The Anti-Strauß" is probably the most unconventional homage to Johann Strauß ever written, in honour of his 200th birthday. This piece takes two of his most popular melodies, the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka" in the first part, and "The Beautiful Danube" in the second, and literally turns them upside down and shifts them to minor. The result is a staggering four-minute piece for organ (an instrument famously neglected by Strauß) that brings the music of Strauß not only onto a new instrument, but also a new musical era.
