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Johann Baptist Strauss II (/ s t r aʊ s /; German: [ˈjoːhan bapˈtɪst ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (German: Johann Strauß Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a violinist.
Jacob, H. E. Johann Strauss, Father and Son: A Century of Light Music. The Greystone Press, 1940. The Greystone Press, 1940. Johann Strauss II list of works at Classical Archives
Johann Strauss I, 1835 lithograph by Josef Kriehuber. Johann Baptist Strauss I (/ s t r aʊ s /; German: [ˈjoːhan bapˈtɪst ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (German: Johann Strauß Vater), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period.
After the original music was written, the words were added by the Choral Association's poet, Joseph Weyl. [1] [3] Strauss later added more music, and Weyl needed to change some of the words. [4] Strauss adapted it into a purely orchestral version for the 1867 Paris World's Fair, and it became a great success in this form. [1]
Morgenblätter (Morning Papers), Op. 279, is a Viennese waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1863 and first performed on 12 January 1864 at the Sofiensaal in Vienna. Genesis [ edit ]
The Gypsy Baron (German: Der Zigeunerbaron) is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. [1] Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story Saffi by Mór Jókai.