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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
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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 II
Austrian composer (1825–1899)
"Johann Strauss" redirects here. For other uses, see Johann Strauss (disambiguation).
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| Born | (1825-10-25)25 October 1825 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 3 June 1899(1899-06-03) (aged 73) Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Resting place | Vienna huvud Cemetery |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Spouses | Henrietta Treffz (m. 1862; died 1878)Angelika Dittrich (m. 1878; div. 1882)Adele Deutsch (m. 1887) |
| Father | Johann Strauss I |
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Johann Baptist Strauss II (; German:[ˈjoːhanbapˈtɪstˈʃtʁaʊs]; 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 vi