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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.
Born in Vienna, [2] Ziehrer was taught music by Simon Sechter, a famous Viennese music theorist and pedagogue, and Johann Emanuel Hasel.He was soon discovered by music publisher Carl Haslinger, [2] one of Johann Strauss II's publishers, who had fallen out with Strauss regarding the receipts from the latter's lucrative Russian venture.
Carnevalsbilder (Carnival Pictures), opus 357, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II.The waltz is based on melodies from Strauss' operetta Der Karneval in Rom.Strauss conducted its first performance in Vienna on 9 July 1873.
The music includes improvisations, interpretations of Johann Strauss I's "Radetzky March", and renditions of a number of Vic Chesnutt songs. The result was a string of film vignettes bound by the poetry of Roth's writing and by the sounds and songs of the live musicians. A DVD of the program was released in 2009.
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Cellist Louis Milch, who was principal cellist in Johann Strauss II's orchestra in Vienna before moving to Minnesota, named his daughter Arma Senkrah Milch. She too became a violinist, most notably forming a duo and trio with her sisters and playing on the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit from 1908-1912. [26] [27] [28] [29
The Strauss Dynasty (German: Die Strauß-Dynastie) is an Austrian biographical film in six parts from 1991. It depicts the careers of Johann Strauss (father), the composer of the Radetzky March, and his son Johann Strauss (son) ("Schani"), the composer of the waltz The Blue Danube, who, despite his father's resistance, also became a musician and competed with his father as a waltz composer.
Strauss' waltz begins with attention-seeking chords on the strings which transcends into a quiet passage which gradually becomes louder and ushers in the first waltz section. The first waltz section comprises a hesitated tune with a snare drum accompaniment akin to the classic Viennese waltz variety.