Johann Strauss II
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Johann Baptist Strauss II, also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son, or simply just Johann Strauss, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas, as we
Strauss in 1876
His father, Johann Strauss I, in an etching from 1835
Johann Strauss in his younger years
Strauss at the beginning of his career
Josef Strauss
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Josef Luckhardt Strauss was an Austrian composer.
Johann Strauss II
…and Der Zigeunerbaron are the best known. Strauss was the son of Johann Strauss I and his first wife Maria Anna Streim. The two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss, also became composers of light music, although they were never as well known as their brother. Strauss was born into a Catholic…
Grave of Josef Strauss at Vienna Central Cemetery
Monument to Josef and Anna Strauss at St. Marx Cemetery, Vienna