When was johann strauss born

Josef Strauss joined the family orchestra, along with his brothers, Johann II and Eduard in the s. His first published work was called The First and the Last. When Johann Senior became seriously ill in Josef led the orchestra for a while. His early compositions went down well with the Viennese so he decided to continue in the family tradition of composing dance music.

He wrote some pieces including many waltzes. Johann Strauss I died in Vienna on September 25, at the age of 45 from scarlet fever. Hector Berlioz himself paid tribute to the 'Father of the Viennese Waltz' by commenting that "Vienna without Strauss is like Austria without the Danube".

Eduard Strauss did not attempt to emulate the works of his other brothers or his contemporaries, all of whose popularity overshadowed him. He was primarily recognized as a dance music conductor rather than as a major composer. The son of Eduard, Johann Strauss III was unofficially entrusted with the task of upholding the family tradition after the dissolution of the Strauss Orchestra by his father in Johann III was primarily a conductor who saw the dynasty into the gramophone era by recording works by his family for Deutsche Grammophon.

Following six months of rehearsals, they gave their first concert on 1 January The orchestra began with only 12 members, but now there are 50, sometimes even 60 on very large stages.

See more Strauss I Music. His new wife, with whom he had lived for a long period before their marriage, seemed to inspire him much like his first wife. In his last years, Strauss remained quite productive and active. He was working on a ballet, Cinderella, when he developed a respiratory ailment which grew into pneumonia. He died on June 3, AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.

Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Romantic Sad Sentimental. Sexy Trippy All Moods. Drinking Hanging Out In Love. Introspection Late Night Partying. Young Johann Strauss studied music secretly with his father's first violinist in the Strauss orchestra. He was reprimanded by his father who wanted him to be a banker.

He continued studies of counterpoint, harmony, and violin, and concentrated fully on a career as a composer at the age of 17, when his father left the family.

He became the rival of his father and gained popularity performing with his own orchestra. He took the side of revolutionaries when Vienna was racked up by the bourgeois revolution of He publicly played La Marseillaise and was hauled up by the Viennese authorities.

His career continued after the death of his father in , which allowed the merger of two Strauss orchestras under the baton of Johann Strauss. There was the opening of a new railway and a landmark concert hall for Russian aristocracy. Strauss also accepted commissions to play for the Grand Prince Michael in St. Petersburg, Russia. In , when the commissions became too much to be handled, his mother persuaded younger brother Joseph to take over the helm of the Strauss Orchestra.