He initially formed his small orchestra where he recruited his members at the Zur Stadt Belgrad tavern, where musicians seeking work could be hired easily.Johann Strauss I's influence over the local entertainment establishments meant that many of them were wary of offering the younger Strauss a contract for fear of angering the father. Johann Strauss II (born Johann Baptist Strauss; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son (German: Sohn), son of Johann Strauss I, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas.He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet.
His father did not wish him to become a composer, but rather a banker; however, the son defied his father's wishes, and went on to study music with the composer Joseph Drechsler and the violin with Anton Kollmann, the ballet répétiteur of the Vienna Court Opera.

Monument to Johann Strauss II in Vienna's Stadtpark, photographMonument to Johann Strauss II in Vienna's Stadtpark, photograph You can also find further information in our data protection declaration. Oct 25 1825 - St. Ulrich 76, Neubau, Vienna, Austria June 5 1899 - Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom Johann Baptist Strauss I, Maria Anna Strauss (born Streim) Henriette Caroline Josefa Chalupetzky, Adele Strauss (born Deutsch), Angelika Ernestine Henriette Dietrich ...herese Strauss, Ferdinand Strauss, Eduard Strauss, Emilie Theresia Johanna Trampusch, Johann Wilhelm Trampusch, and Adèle Strauss (Deutsch), Henriette "Jetty" Strauss-Treffz (Chaluptsky) Oct 25 1825 - Vienna,Wien Stadt,Vienna (Wien),Austria June 3 1899 - Vienna,Wien Stadt,Vienna (Wien),Austria ...dinand Strauss, Eduard Strauss, Johann Wilhelm Strauss, Carl Jospeh Strauss, Wilhelmine Strauss, Leopoldine Strauss, Emilie Theresia Joha... ... 30 Cleveland S THE WHEEL. 施特劳斯, Johann Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Johann Strauss mlađi, ifj. One of those was The Waltz King, a loosely adapted biopic of Johann Strauss, which aired as part of the Wonderful World of Disney in the U.S. in 1963.

Johann's younger brother Josef was persuaded by his family to abandon his career as an engineer and take command of Johann's orchestra in the absence of the latter.In 1855, Strauss accepted commissions from the management of the Tsarskoye-Selo Railway Company of St. Petersburg to play in Russia for the Vauxhall Pavilion at Pavlovsk in 1856.



"Despite the initial fanfare, Strauss found his early years as a composer difficult, but he soon won over audiences after accepting commissions to perform away from home.

Strauss was born in St. Ulrich (now a part of Neubau), the son of Johann Strauss I, another composer of dance music. The Habsburg dynasty: Here you can read potted biographies, examine portraits from seven centuries and dip into the historical contexts of past epochs.Select a period in Habsburg history, from the beginnings of Habsburg rule in the Middle Ages to the collapse of the Monarchy during the First World War.The map shows the territorial development of the Habsburg Monarchy as it evolved into a sprawling, geographically fragmented empire.Monarchical rule was legitimized by descent. Johann Strauss II, ‘the Waltz King,’ a composer famous for his Viennese waltzes and operettas. Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the most well-known.Strauss was born in Vienna, Austria, on 25 October 1825, to the famous composer Johann Strauss I.
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States …accomplishment in the masterworks of Johann Strauss the Younger. Johann Strauss II followed in his father’s footsteps as a conductor and composer. Jacob, H. E. Johann Strauss, Father and Son: A Century of Light Music.The Greystone Press, 1940.

Eduard, then the only surviving brother of the three, took this drastic precaution after agreeing to a pact between himself and brother Josef that whoever outlived the other was to destroy their works. It seems that rather than trying to avoid a Strauss rivalry, the elder Strauss only wanted his son to escape the rigors of a musician's life. Johann Jr. decided to side with the revolutionaries.