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Jul 11, 2016 · Timeline: The Strauss Family. This collage is made up of portraits and photographs of four generations of the Strauss family; from the left, Johann Strauss I, his sons Johann Jr., Josef and Eduard, next Eduard's son Johann Strauss III and finally his nephew Eduard Strauss II. In the ballrooms of Vienna in the 19 th century, if you heard a waltz ...
Jan 17, 2021 · "Railway Pleasure". On 13 November 1837, the Kaiser Ferdinand Nordbahn became the first continental steam railway to make a trial run. This took place on the...
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Johann Strauss Senior is known as 'the father of the waltz', though it was his son, 21 years his junior, who earned the title 'the Waltz King'. Strauss's mother died when he was seven and his father drowned in the Danube when he was 12. Strauss I was a fine violinist and set up an orchestra that toured all over Europe, with great financial success.
May 30, 2023 · Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), aka Strauss the Younger, was an Austrian composer best known for his waltzes such as The Blue Danube.Famed throughout Europe and the United States in his own lifetime, Strauss was known as the 'Waltz King', but he also wrote many polkas, marches, quadrilles, and operettas such as Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron.
Oct 28, 2010 · A cheeky and fitting tribute to one of classical music's best-loved works. Waltz mania sweeps Europe. The waltz played a major role within the Strauss family. Johann Strauss I was himself a gifted ...
Johann Strauss I was born on March 14, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. The son of an innkeeper, Strauss took an apprenticeship in bookbinding at age 13. He was primarily a self-taught musician, studying the violin and viola in his spare time. He soon began playing the viola in the popular dance orchestra of Michael Pamer at age 15.
Johann Strauss ( germană Johann Strauß) (n. 25 octombrie 1825, Sankt Ulrich (d), Viena, Imperiul Austriac – d. 3 iunie 1899, Viena, Austro-Ungaria) a fost un compozitor austriac, fiul lui Johann Strauß (tatăl) .
