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Josef Strauss

1827 - 1870

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Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now Vienna), the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. He studied music with Franz Dolleschal and learned to play the violin with Franz Anton Ries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Strauss is the 130th most popular composer (down from 122nd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Austria (down from 104th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Composer.

Josef Strauss was a German composer and violinist. He is most famous for his waltzes.

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Among composers, Josef Strauss ranks 130 out of 1,451. Before him are Edgard Varèse, Carl Nielsen, Maurice Jarre, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Anton Rubinstein. After him are Krzysztof Penderecki, Benjamin Britten, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Daniel Auber, and Fanny Mendelssohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Josef Strauss ranks 4. Before him are Joseph Lister, Johanna Spyri, and Arnold Böcklin. After him are Ellen G. White, Francisco Solano López, Marcellin Berthelot, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and William Holman Hunt. Among people deceased in 1870, Josef Strauss ranks 6. Before him are Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Prosper Mérimée, Robert E. Lee, and Frédéric Bazille. After him are Comte de Lautréamont, Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Gabriel Lamé.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Josef Strauss ranks 116 out of 1,424. Before him are Paula Hitler (1896), Baroness Mary Vetsera (1871), Maria Amalia of Austria (1701), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756), and Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554). After him are Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1754), Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679), Heinz Fischer (1938), Paul Feyerabend (1924), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Josef Strauss ranks 12. Before him are Anton Bruckner (1824), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), and Alma Mahler (1879). After him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), Eduard Strauss (1835), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Michael Haydn (1737), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), and Johann Joseph Fux (1660).

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