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Johann Strauss I

1804 - 1849

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Johann Baptist Strauss I (; German: [ˈjoːhan bapˈtɪst ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (German: Johann Strauß Vater), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he popularized alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons—Johann, Josef and Eduard—to carry on his musical dynasty. He is best known for his composition of the Radetzky March (named after Joseph Radetzky von Radetz). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Strauss I is the 40th most popular composer (down from 36th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Austria (down from 28th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Composer.

Johann Strauss I is most famous for his waltzes, such as "The Blue Danube" and "Tales from the Vienna Woods."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Strauss I ranks 40 out of 1,451. Before him are Sergei Prokofiev, Jean Sibelius, Béla Bartók, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Domenico Scarlatti, and Camille Saint-Saëns. After him are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Antonio Salieri, Gaetano Donizetti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Orlande de Lassus, and Tomaso Albinoni.

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Among people born in 1804, Johann Strauss I ranks 1. After him are Ludwig Feuerbach, George Sand, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Franklin Pierce, Benjamin Disraeli, Mikhail Glinka, Emil Lenz, Allan Kardec, Marie Taglioni, and Mongkut. Among people deceased in 1849, Johann Strauss I ranks 6. Before him are Frédéric Chopin, Edgar Allan Poe, James K. Polk, Hokusai, and Muhammad Ali of Egypt. After him are Anne Brontë, William II of the Netherlands, Sándor Petőfi, France Prešeren, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, and Charles Albert of Sardinia.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Strauss I ranks 34 out of 1,424. Before him are Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), Lise Meitner (1878), Romy Schneider (1938), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747). After him are Anton Bruckner (1824), Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Herbert von Karajan (1908), and Egon Schiele (1890).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Johann Strauss I ranks 5. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), and Johann Strauss II (1825). After him are Anton Bruckner (1824), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), Alma Mahler (1879), and Josef Strauss (1827).

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