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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.
Johann Maria Eduard Strauss III (/ s t r aʊ s /; German: Johann Strauß III [ˈjoːhan ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 16 February 1866 – 9 January 1939) was an Austrian composer whose father was Eduard Strauss, whose uncles were Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss, and whose grandfather was Johann Strauss I.
The idea for Strauss to write a ballet came from Rudolf Lothar, editor of the influential magazine Die Waage (The Weighing Scales). This occurred after the music and dance critic Eduard Hanslick, having been encouraged by Strauss' impressive act 3 ballet score in his only opera, Ritter Pázmán, suggested that Strauss should write a full-score ballet.
In 1846, Johann Strauss I was awarded the honorary title of K.K. Hofballmusikdirektor (Director of Music for the Imperial and Royal Court Balls) by Emperor Ferdinand I. Strauss died in Vienna on 25 September 1849 at the age of 45 from scarlet fever contracted from one of his illegitimate children. [8]
During the 1920s he re-orchestrated, re-arranged and nearly re-composed several operettas by Johann Strauss II. By 1931 he was a professor of music at the Vienna State Academy . At the request of motion picture director Max Reinhardt , and due to the rise of the Nazi regime , Korngold moved to Hollywood in 1934 to write music for films.
Robert Stolz (1880–1975) – conductor and composer of operettas, film music and songs; Eduard Strauss (1835–1916) – dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II; Johann Strauss I (1804–1849) – early-Romantic-era dance-music composer; Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) – Romantic-era composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue ...
African American actor, singer, and producer 2016-03-23 Died at the age of 80 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was best known as Mr. Handford on the PBS kids series Sesame Street: Beatrice Straight: Actress 2001-04-07 Died in Los Angeles at age 86. Johann Strauss II: Composer 1899-06-03 Died at age 73 in Vienna. Irving Thalberg
Boskovsky was born in Vienna, and joined the Vienna Academy of music at the age of nine. He was the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic from 1939 to 1971. He was also, from 1955, the conductor of the Vienna New Year's Concert, which is mostly devoted to the music of Johann Strauss II and his contemporaries. [1]