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Portrait of Johann Strauss II

Composer

Johann Strauss II

830 works in the index

Birthplace
Sankt Ulrich
Citizenship / historical state
Cisleithania
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

The waltz composer, and the catalogue is enormous because almost everything he wrote has been arranged for almost everything else. Over five hundred dance pieces, plus the operettas.

The Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods exist as orchestral scores, piano solos, piano duets, simplified teaching versions and arrangements for every ensemble that has ever asked. They are not interchangeable and the listing does not always distinguish them: a two-page "Blue Danube" is a fragment of a ten-minute piece.

The piano solo versions of the great waltzes are harder than they sound, because the orchestral texture has to be held by two hands. The four-hand arrangements are more idiomatic and, for two amateurs, considerably more fun.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, violin, Orchestra, Flute, Voice
Genres represented
Classical, Pop, pop, Children, New Age
Works with composition dates
19 of 830

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 15 of 18

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Vals Del Emperador — —— —— —
Blue Danube Waltzes — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 1st B — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 2nd B — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 1st F Horn — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 1st Trombone — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Tuba — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 1st Percussion — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Timpani — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 2nd Violin — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: Score — —— —— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: Score — —— —— —
New Pizzicato Polka — —— —— —
Wiener Blut — —— Piano— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— —
Strauss: Overtures — —— —— —
Accelerations Waltz, Op. 234 — Op. 234— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: Bells — —— —— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: 1st Violin — —— —— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: 2nd Violin — —— —— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: 3rd Violin (Viola ) — —— —— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: Viola — —— —— 1
The Blue Danube Waltz: Cello — —— —— —
The Blue Danube Waltz: String Bass — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: 1st Violin — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: 2nd Violin — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: 3rd Violin (Viola ) — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: Viola — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: Cello — —— —— —
Emperor Waltz: String Bass — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Flute — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Oboe — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Bassoon — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: B — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: E — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 1st Violin — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: 3rd Violin (Viola ) — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Viola — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: Cello — —— —— —
Thunder and Lightning Polka: String Bass — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: 1st Violin — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: 2nd Violin — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: Viola — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: Cello — —— —— —
Roses from the South Waltzes: String Bass — —— —— —

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 274144783093263163101. Portrait: Fritz Luckhardt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.