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Category:	Romantic Music
Name:	Johann Strauss II
Birth Year:	1825
Death Year:	1899
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Johann Strauss II Artist Song Name Composer Composition Instrument The eldest son of Johann Strauss I, who became a musician against his father's wishes. At the age of 19 he formed his own orchestra and amalgamated it with his father's in 1849. He established an unrivalled reputation as a composer of Viennese light music and went on tours in Austria and abroad. His two younger brothers, Joseph and Eduard, came to his aid in the management and direction of the dance orchestras when the workload became too much for him. In later years he dedicated himself to the composition of operettas. Johann Strauss the Younger wrote some sixteen operettas between 1871 and 1897. Of these the best known is Die Fledermaus (The Bat). Other operettas are more familiar from dances derived from them, although Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) remains second in order of popularity to Die Fledermaus. His dance music includes waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, marches and other works. Among these the most familiar remains An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), originally a choral waltz-sequence. [Adapted from Karadar] The Great Books: Johann Strauss II Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Johann Strauss II. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Johann Strauss II. Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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