Composer
Johann Strauss II
Austrian composer (1825-1899)
1825–1899
2 musical collections
- Born
- 1825
- Died
- 1899
- Birthplace
- Sankt Ulrich
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Citizenship / historical state
- Austrian Empire; 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.
Life and musical career
- Teachers
- Franz Amon; Joseph Drechsler
- Instruments played
- violin
- Genres
- instrumental music; operetta
- Notable works
- The Gypsy Baron; Die Fledermaus; The Blue Danube
- Selected awards
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph; Knight of the Legion of Honour; 4th class, Order of the Medjidie; Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun; Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky; honorary member; Knight Officer of the Order of the Saxe-Ernestine; Knight First class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion; Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic; Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic; Knight of the Order of Carlos III; Order of Civil Merit
- Birth name
- Johann Baptist Strauss II; Johann Baptist Strauss
- Native languages
- German
- Languages used
- German
- VIAF ID
- 197746; 274144783093263163101
- ISNI
- 0000000121174622
- GND ID
- 11861908X
- Library of Congress ID
- n79106447
- MusicBrainz ID
- 8255db36-4902-4cf6-8612-0f2b4288bc9a
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, violin, Orchestra, Flute, Voice
- Genres represented
- Classical, Pop, pop, Children, New Age
- Source entries with composition dates
- 19
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Musical collections
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musical collection Preludes, Op. 11 |
| Check individual editions | View collection |
| Musical collection Bagatelles, Op. 5 |
| Check individual editions | View collection |
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.