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Johann Strauss II

1825 - 1899

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Johann Baptist Strauss II (; 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. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in the 19th century. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer" (Emperor Waltz), "Tales from the Vienna Woods", "Frühlingsstimmen", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Strauss II is the 17th most popular composer (up from 37th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Austria (up from 29th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Composer.

Johann Strauss II is most famous for his waltzes, polkas, and other dance pieces.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Strauss II ranks 17 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, and Antonín Dvořák. After him are Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Claudio Monteverdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Johann Strauss II ranks 1. After him are Pedro II of Brazil, Thomas Henry Huxley, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Ferdinand Lassalle, Jean-Martin Charcot, Johann Jakob Balmer, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Charles Garnier, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Kruger, and Henry Walter Bates. Among people deceased in 1899, Johann Strauss II ranks 1. After him are Alfred Sisley, Robert Bunsen, Leo von Caprivi, Félix Faure, Paul Reuter, Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Ernest Chausson, Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, and Horatio Alger.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Strauss II ranks 9 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), Maria Theresa (1717), Marie Antoinette (1755), and Franz Liszt (1811). After him are Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Stefan Zweig (1881), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), and Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Johann Strauss II ranks 4. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Joseph Haydn (1732), and Franz Schubert (1797). After him are Johann Strauss I (1804), 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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