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Jul 24, 2018 · Josef Strauss I. Despite having initially followed his father’s urgings to pursue a career outside of music and work as an engineer for the city of Vienna, Josef eventually found his way into the family business. He was evidently as skilled in music as he was in engineering, as he composed hundreds of original works and arrangements. ...
11. Josef Strauss (1827-1870) Josef Strauss joined the family orchestra, along with his brothers, Johann II and Eduard in the 1850s. His first published work was called The First and the Last. When Johann Senior became seriously ill in 1853 Josef led the orchestra for a while.
influenced by Johann Strauss I. Strauss’s other sons, Josef (1827–70) and Eduard (1835–1916), became known as conductors, as did Eduard’s son Johann. Josef was also a composer of waltzes.
Josef Strauss’s compositions have been described and characterised as ‘half the time happy, half the time sad’ by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and as ‘elegaically ecstatic’ by Hans Weigl. Richard Strauss was so fascinated by his unrelated namesake’s waltz Dynamiden that he included it in his opera Der Rosenkavalier.
Many of his waltzes have the greatest musical value of any the Strauss family output. He showed the influence of composers from Schubert and Chopin to Liszt and Wagner. Some of his most popular waltzes are Love and Life, Voices of the Times, Music of the Spheres, and Village Swallows from Austria.
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Jan 3, 2023 · Listen to music from Josef Strauss like Winterlust, Polka schnell, Op. 121, Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Op. 164 & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Josef Strauss.
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