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The Kuss-Walzer (Kiss Waltz), Op. 400 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II composed in 1881. The waltz was originally dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich (1850–1919), but Strauss withdrew that dedication after their divorce in 1882.
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- March 30, 1850
- May 06, 1919 (69)Tarcsa, Hungary
- Breslau
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Johann was born in 1825 in Austria. His father wanted Johann to be a banker. He didn't want to compete with his own son musically. Johann was secretly taught violin by one of the violinists in his father's orchestra and was beaten by his father when the truth came out. In fact, Johann wan't able to focus on music until Strauss Sr. left the family f...
Fortunately, Johann had other family relationships that were more supportive. His mother was an amateur violinist who helped him sneak in music lessons while his father prohibited them. Johann's two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard, were also composers and conductors (against their father's wishes). Josef took over conducting duties at the Straus...
Johann was an artist lucky to be adored in his lifetime. One story has it that Johannes Brahms signed Adele's fan with a few measures of the Blue Danube with the note "Unfortunately, NOT written by Johannes Brahms." Strauss’s music was also very much revered by the Nazis — who worked hard to bury the fact that Johann's great-grandfather was a Hunga...
Sometime after this, Strauss Jr. got involved with Angelika Dittrich, an actress, whom he married in 1878. However, Dittrich didn’t have much interest in her husband’s musical career and left him for another man. Strauss Jr. divorced Angelika and married for the third time.
After Jetty’s sudden death in 1878 Johann hastily married Angelika (Lili) Dittrich, an actress twenty-five years his younger. The marriage lasted for just four years, after which he rapidly deepened his relationship with Adele Strauss, a namesake but no relation, thirty years his younger and the widow of the banker Anton Strauss.
Johann Strauss married his second wife, Angelika Dittrich, in the Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles). The Theater an der Wien was the venue for the first performance of 13 of Johann Strauss II’s 15 operettas, including “Die Fledermaus” and “Der Zigeunerbaron”.
Nach einer kurzen Zeit der "wilden Ehe" begaben sich die beiden nach Coburg, wo die Ehe mit Angelika Dittrich ("Lili" Strauss) geschieden wurde. Zuerst musste Johann Strauss jedoch zum evangelischen Glauben übertreten. Erst danach konnte er Adele, seine dritte Frau, zur Gattin nehmen.
