The French composer Hector Berlioz once commented that "Vienna without Strauss is like Austria without the Danube". But he was referring not to Johann II, but to his father, who was the Waltz King ...

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 ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II was born in Vienna on October 25, 1825. World famous for his Viennese waltzes, including 'The Blue Danube,' Strauss is one of the defining figures in 19th ...

Opera: INO’s staging maintains the light-heartedness the Strauss needs for the two hours its enjoyably ridiculous plot takes ...

To honor and celebrate the 60th anniversary of DePauw Opera, the DePauw University Creative School and Institute of Music will present “waltz king” Johann Strauss’s humorous and tuneful operetta “Die ...

Don your finest ball gown or grab your tailcoat; the enchantment of the ballroom and Johann Strauss II beckons!

He had six children, of whom three survived infancy and went on to become dance musicians. Johann Strauss II was his eldest child. He started his own orchestra in 1844, which came to rival his ...

Live from Vienna, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert marking a year of celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II’s birth. Show more Petroc Trelawny presents live from ...

That’s how the dynasty began. (It died out in 1939 with the death of Johann Strauss III, son of Eduard, one of Johann II’s brothers.) Johann I had six children by his wife Anna – Johann, Josef, Nelli, ...