Johann strauss biography
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Johann Strauss I
Austrian composer (1804–1849)
Johann Baptist Strauss I (; German:[ˈjoːhanbapˈtɪstˈʃtʁaʊs]; 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. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he popularized alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons—Johann, Josef and Eduard—to carry on his musical dynasty. He is best known for his composition of the Radetzky March (named after Joseph Radetzky von Radetz).
Life and work
[edit]Johann Strauss was born in Leopoldstadt (now in Vienna). Strauss's parents, Franz Borgias Strauss (10 October 1764 – 5 April 1816) and Barbara Dollmann (3 December 1770 – 28 August 1811), were innkeepers (Zum heiligen Florian). He was born a Roman Catholic. Strauss had a Jewish grandfather, Johann Michael Strauss (1720–1800), who converted t
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Johann Strauss
(1825-1899)
Who Was Johann Strauss?
Johann Strauss, often referred to as Johann Strauss II, was born in 1825 in Austria. His father, Johann Strauss the Elder, was a self-taught musician who established a musical dynasty in Vienna, writing waltzes, galops, polkas and quadrilles and publishing more than 250 works. Johann the Younger went on to write more than 500 musical musical compositions, 150 of which were waltzes, and he surpassed both his father's productivity and popularity. Compositions such as The Blue Danube helped establish Strauss as "the Waltz King" and earned him a place in music history.
Early Years
Johann Strauss, often referred to as Johann Strauss II or "the Younger," was born on October 25, 1825, in Vienna, Austria. He was the oldest son of Johann Strauss (the Elder), also a composer, but one whose reputation would eventually be eclipsed by his son's.
Strauss the Elder wanted his son to follow a different career path t
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Johann Strauss II
Johann Baptist Strauss (nowadays referred to as Johann Strauss II in English and Johann Strauss (Sohn) in German) was born in Vienna on 25 October 1825 as the first child of the composer and first ‘waltz king’ Johann Strauss I and his wife Anna (née Streim). His brother Josef was born in 1827, his sisters Anna and Therese followed in 1829 and 1831 respectively.
The house where Johann Strauss was born was in the St Ulrich suburb of Vienna, at what is now Lerchenfelderstrasse 15 in the city’s 7th district. After several changes of address, around 1834 the family moved into a large apartment in the Hirschenhaus in the Leopoldstadt suburb (now Taborstraße 17b in the 2nd district). It was not just where the family lived; it was also where the father composed, worked with his copyists and held orchestral rehearsals. It was here that Eduard, the youngest child, was born on 15 March 1835. Just two months later the first child of the liaison between Johann Strauss I and