The music of the Strauss family is considered typical of 19th-century Vienna, extending a tradition into a musical craze that dominated the era.
Composer Biography
Johann Strauss I studied music theory with Ignaz von Seyfried, a pupil of Mozart.
Composer Biography
Johann Strauss I made foreign tours, including a visit to England for Queen Victoria's coronation celebrations, where he gave his first London concert under the patronage of Prince Esterházy, the Austrian ambassador.
Composer Biography
Johann Strauss I died in 1849 at the age of 45, leaving five children from his marriage and seven from his mistress, with whom he lived for the last seven years of his life.
Composer Biography
Johann Strauss I played viola in the dance orchestra of Michael Pamer, a pioneer of the popular waltz, before forming his own orchestra in 1825.
Composer Biography
Johann Strauss I, the founder of the musical dynasty, was the son of a Vienna inn-keeper and a descendant of a Hungarian Jewish family.
Cultural Impact
Johann Strauss the younger's fame surpassed his father's, leading to tours abroad, including America, where he once conducted a choir of 20,000 and an orchestra of 10,000.
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