Strauss

1. David Friedrich . 1808--74, German Protestant theologian: in his Life of Jesus (1835--36) he treated the supernatural elements of the story as myth

2. Johann . 1804--49, Austrian composer, noted for his waltzes

3. his son, Johann, called the Waltz King. 1825--99, Austrian composer, whose works include The Blue Danube Waltz (1867) and the operetta Die Fledermaus (1874)

4. Richard . 1864--1949, German composer, noted esp for his symphonic poems, including Don Juan (1889) and Till Eulenspiegel (1895), his operas, such as Elektra (1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911), and his Four Last Songs (1948)

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In the case of Strauss I, we obviously get very early waltzes, compositions dating back mainly to the 1820s on this disc, a time when Strauss the elder and Joseph Lanner were developing the traditional Viennese waltz from the roots laid down by Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert.

Johann Strauss I Edition: Vol. 3

Strauss the elder, Johann Strauss I, developed the style and form of the waltz that audiences know and love today.

Waltzing into the New Year, Vienna-style

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