Accelerationen (''Accelerations''), op. 234, is a

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composed by

Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...

in 1860 for the Engineering Students' Ball at the Sofienbad-Saal in

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. It is one of his best-known waltzes, famous especially for its rapidly accelerating opening waltz theme. Accelerations is featured in

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897November 29, 1957) was an Austrian-born American composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in history of Hollywood, Hollywood history. He was a no ...

's ''The Tales of Strauss'', Op. 21 as well as many of Strauss's other well-known waltzes.

References

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