Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) is known as the 'Waltz King'. He was the greatest of all Viennese dance music composers. Life and Music The young Strauss had started composing and directing his own ...
Eventually he ran six orchestras running simultaneously. With his assistant conductors, copyists, librarians, publicists and booking agents, the Strauss music business was a highly lucrative concern.
Vienna celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Johann Strauss II, an emblematic figure and composer of classical music. His most famous work, "The Blue Danube" ("An der schönen, blauen Donau" in ...
Following Strauss I's death, Strauss II merged the two orchestras. Did you know? Johann Strauss I forbade his children to become musicians, knowing only too well the tough lifestyle of those in the ...