Ion Ivanovici (alternatively, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovici, baptised as Jovan Ivanović) (born 1845 in Timişoara, died 28 September 1902 in Bucharest) was a Romanian military band leader and composer.
Today Ivanovici is especially remembered for his waltz The Waves of the Danube, Donauwellen in German, in his lifetime he composed over 350 dances, and his works were published by over sixty publishing houses throughout the world. In 1889, Ivanovici won the much-desired march prize to mark the World Exhibition in Paris, out of 116 entries.
Ivanovici's Dabube Waves was first published in the U.S. in 1896, and republished in 1903, by the Theodore Lohr Company in an arrangement for piano by Simon Adler. The published version was called "Waves of the Danube". The composition is most commonly known as "Danube Waves Waltz".
Other works
Erzherzog Carl Ludwig March, Op. 129
La Serenade
The Daughter of the Boatman, or Schiffers Tochterlein (La Fille du Marin) Seufzer Waltz (Sigh Waltz) Sinaia Waltz Szerenade Zigeuneren (Gypsy Serenade) Carmen Sylva Waltz from 1892 Mariana Polka Romania's Heart Waltz, Op. 51 Incognito Waltz Abschied van Focsani March (Farewell to Focsani March) Vision de l'Orient Waltz (Vision of the East), Op. 147 Meteor Waltz Im Mondemglanz Waltz (Moonglow Waltz), Op. 122 Magic of the Mountains Waltz Liebes Klange Polka (Love of Music Polka) Storm Galopp Wild Flowers Waltz Abendtraume Polka-Mazurka (Evening Dream Polka-Mazurka) Agatha Waltz Der Liebesbote Waltz (Messenger of Love Waltz), Op. 136 Easy, like a Dream, also known as Legere, comme un reve in French and Leicht, wie der Traum in German Poker Polka, Op. 123 Am Hofe der Czarin Waltz (In the Courts of the Princess Waltz), Op. 124 Die Ballkönigin Waltz (King of the Ball Waltz), Op. 127 Goldene Stunden Waltz (Golden Hours Waltz), Op. 128 from 1893 Céline Polka-Mazurka, Op. 130 Natalia Waltz, Op. 134 Beim Pfanderspiel Polka, Op. 137 Bluthenzauber Waltz, Op. 149 Lieb' um Liebe Waltz (Love for Love Waltz), Op. 155 Alina Waltz Amalia Waltz Life in Cyprus Souvenir de Brăila Quadrille Aurel Waltz Cleopatra Waltz Elena Polka-Mazurka Farmecul Pelesului Fata pescarului Frumoasa romanca Waltz Frumosii ochi albastri Song Hora micilor dorobanti Herzliebchen Waltz Kalinderu March La balul curtii Mazurka Luceafarul Waltz Military March Marsul Carol L'Odalisque Polka-Mazurka Pe Dunare Mazurka Placerea balului Mazurka Porumbeii albi Die Konigin des Morgens Rosina Polka from 1902 Sarba motilor Suvenire Quadrille Maus Polka Tatiana Waltz Roses from the Orient Waltz Viata la Bucuresti Waltz Visuri de aur Waltz Zana Dunarii Anniversary Waltz Bavarian Ländler Kaiserreise or Voyage Imperial March La Bella Roumaine Waltz from 1901