Strauss was born in Vienna . His father wanted him to become a musician but a banker , however , studied the violin secretly as a child, ironically with his father's first violin in the orchestra Strauss , Franz Amon . However, when his father found out he was playing outside one day, Johann II recalled that "there was a violent scene and nasty" and that " his father would have none of their musical plans . Seems that instead of the intention to avoid Strauss rivalry , Strauss father wanted his son to escape the rigors understood to accompany a musical life . was when his father left the family and took a mistress Emilie Trambusch when Johann II was 17 I was able to concentrate fully in his career as a composer.
Johann Jr. then studied counterpoint and harmony theorist Professor Joachim Hoffmann who owned a private music school . His talents were also recognized by composer Joseph Drechsler ( also written as Drexler ) who taught him exercises in harmony. His other violin teacher , Anton Kollmann was the ballet répétiteur Court Opera in Vienna also wrote excellent testimonials for him. Armed with this evidence , he approached the Viennese authorities to apply for a license to carry out and initially formed his small orchestra where he recruited his members of the tavern "Zur Stadt Belgrad ' where musicians seeking work could be hired easily . the influence of Johann Strauss I meant that many establishments were wary of offering the younger Strauss a contract for fear of angering the first . the young Strauss was able to persuade Dommayer Casino , Hietzing in Vienna to take a chance on her debut . 's local media reporting soon rivalry frantically to ' Strauss Strauss v between father and son. Own Strauss greater , in anger at the prospect of his son disobey his wishes, also played in the Casino of the Dommayer never his life , which was surprising as the establishment Hietzing was the site of his many previous successes .
Strauss son found the early years of the race difficult, but he soon won over audiences after accepting commissions to perform away from home. The first major appointment for the young composer was his award of the honorary position of " Kapellmeister of the second Vienna Citizen 's Regiment ' which was left vacant following death of Josef Lanner two years earlier . Eventually proceed to overcome his father's fame , and become the most popular of all composers of waltzes , extensive touring Austria , Poland and Germany with his orchestra . would be a common sight to spot in their audiences Strauss for a single performance before hurry quickly to another place that was commissioned to play through the traditional fiaker . would be the final show and this is shown on posters in places proudly proclaiming ' Heut Spielt der Strauss now or " Strauss played today ! ' . He also made visits to Russia where he performed at Pavlovsk and wrote many compositions there and new title that fits your Viennese public back home , which is a test of your business acumen , UK, where he performed with his first wife Embarcadero Treffz at Covent Garden , France , Italy and the United States, where he participated in the Festival of Boston and was the main driver in the ' Monster Concert ' of over 1,000 musicians.
Vienna was racked by a bourgeois revolution on February 24, 1848 and the intense rivalry between father and son became more evident and , finally , the young Johann decided to side with the revolutionaries , a decision that was both musically and professionally their disadvantage as royalties Austrians twice denied coveted position Hofballmusikdirektor KK , which was first designated especially for Johann Strauss I in return for his musical contributions . In addition, the younger Strauss was also dragged through the Viennese authorities for publicly playing La Marseillaise infectious , that fueled the revolutionary sentiments .
When the elder Strauss died from scarlet fever in Vienna in 1849 , the younger Strauss merged its two orchestras and participated in tours as mentioned above . He married the singer Jetty and requested Treffz Hofballmusikdirektor KK Music Director of the Royal Court Balls position he finally succeeded after being denied several times before. His involvement with tennis balls meant that your work has been elevated to a supreme level . His second wife , Angelika Dittrich was not a fervent supporter of his music and age differences of opinion , especially her indiscretion led him to seek a divorce . Strauss was not granted a divorce , so he changed the religion and loyalty and became a citizen of Coburg - Saxe -Gotha . Strauss II sought solace in his third wife Adele and encouraged creative talent to flow once more in his later years , resulting in the entire finest music , such as those found in the operetta ' Der Zigeunerbaron "and" woodruff " and the waltz "Kaiser -Walzer ',' Kaiser Jubiläum ' , ' op Märchen aus dem Orient ' op.444 and' Klug Gretelein ' . 462.
Strauss had a shrewd business mind who used the most . After establishing his first orchestra before the death of his father, started many other to be supplied to various entertainment establishments such as the ballroom " Sperl " as well as the 'Apollo' where pieces entitled appropriately dedicated to commemorate the first performances there. Later , he accepted commissions to play in Russia for the Archduke Michael and Tsar Alexander II , especially in Pavlovsk , where he built a new railway line. When commissions became too much to be handled by him alone, he sought to promote his younger brothers Josef and Eduard to replace him in his absence either ill health or commission impossible. In 1853 , even he was confined to a sanatorium to recover suffering from tremors and convulsions and neuralgia . Hoping that the family business would be ruined so lovingly nurtured , mother Anna Josef helped persuade reluctant to take the reins of the Strauss Orchestra . The Viennese welcomed the brothers Johann and finally even once admitted that " Josef was the most talented of the two of us , I'm more than the most popular. " Josef came to impose their own brand in their own waltzes and this rivalry cool did more good for the development of the waltz Johann Strauss II proceeded to consolidate its position as the " waltz King " with his exquisite the Blue Danube Waltz , which began life as a choral waltz banal words written by a local poet .
The highlight of the triumvirate Strauss was exhibited at the concert "Music Perpetua " in 1860 , where his successful musical joke name op.257 ' Perpetuum Mobile ' was played continuously for three Strauss brothers in front of three large orchestras. Approximately the same time , the three brothers Strauss also hosts numerous musical activities during their concerts in Vienna Volksgarten where the public could participate. for example , a new piece was played and asked the audience to guess who the composer was as posters only be announced piece written by a ' Strauss ' scores followed by question mark .
The polka also underwent developing a Bohemian peasant dance in 1840 to one that generated serious interest in musical societies in Vienna . Strauss shining example of their potential with the " Thunder and Lightning" Unter Donner und Blitz op. 324 and cheerful OP.214 Tritsch - Tratsch -Polka which translates literally as " chit -chat" in English.
The Strauss family was not without its opponents . Although most coveted composer of dance music was Johann Strauss II in the 1860s to the 1890s, stiff competition was present in the form of Karl Michael Ziehrer and Emile Waldteufel whom he was commanding in position to Paris. Much earlier, Johann Strauss I faced a long rivalry with fellow composer Josef Josef Lanner and Gung'l . Ziehrer Family finally eclipse Johann and Josef Strauss deaths and represent more of a challenge to the superiority of Eduard . Offenbach 's operetta German composer who became famous in Paris also posed a challenge to Strauss in the operetta field . Later, the emergence of teacher Lehár operetta would usher in the Silver Age in Vienna and surely sweep Strauss operetta domain worldwide .
It was much admired by prominent composers of the time, including Richard Wagner once admitted that he admired the waltz Wein, Weib und Gesang op.333 and Johannes Brahms who dedicated his waltz Seid umschlungen popular Millionen ' be embraced Millions ' op . 443 inspired by a poem by Schiller , who was also a personal friend. Other admirers included the famous Richard Strauss who, when writing his Rosenkavalier waltzes said ' How could I forget the laughing genius of Vienna ? made a clear reference to the genius of Johann Strauss the younger.
Strauss operettas , however , have not been as successful as their enduring dance pieces , and much of the success was reserved for Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron . This has been attributed to the fact that Strauss was once considered meaningless dramatic and theatrical , despite his musical prowess was never questioned . The result was a mix of good music drawn from themes of his operettas tibias of which ' Cagliostro -Walzer " op.370 and" Rosen aus dem hearting " Walzer Op.388 were good examples. Your gift was especially evident in the instrumentation but his apparent lack of sense of drama has led enthusiasts ' serious music "many to dismiss his works as" light music "mere . An example of this was the failure of his only opera Ritter Pasman that could be criticized in the script , but nevertheless , many attributed to its strong links to the waltz and the polka as their failure as this may indicate that he may not be able to write serious music. Indeed, during his third and most successful operetta of all time , Die Fledermaus 1874 , the Vienna music critics prophesied that his work would only be a "reason for waltz and polka tunes. However, his fiercest critic and ironic a strong supporter , Eduard Hanslick wrote at the time of Strauss 's death in 1899 that its disappearance could mean the end of the last happy time in Vienna .
It should be noted that most of the works of Strauss we all know today may have existed in a different form near negligible as conceived by Johann Strauss II and his brothers as Eduard Strauss destroyed a large amount of original Strauss orchestral archives in boiler manufacturer Mariahilf district in Vienna in 1907. The Johann Strauss societies around the world have , however painstakingly rebuilt a lot of these works destroyed and enabled many generations after appreciate and love the waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family famous . Such was the popularity of the music of the Strauss family Eduard Strauss , the only surviving brother , took this drastic precaution to prevent the works of Strauss being openly claimed as belonging to another composer . This may also have been driven by the intense rivalry between the other popular waltz and march composer , Karl Michael Ziehrer .
Strauss's music is now performed regularly at the annual Neujahrskonzert Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra , thanks to the efforts of the late Clemens Krauss who performed an all- Strauss program in 1929 especially with the orchestra established. Many distinguished Strauss interpreters include Willy Boskovsky carrying on the tradition of conducting with violin in hand as is the Strauss family custom , as well as the famous Herbert von Karajan and the opera conductor Riccardo Muti on ' Vorgeiger ' .
Johann Strauss II died of pneumonia in Vienna in 1899 at the age of 74 and was buried there in the Zentralfriedhof .
The works of Johann Strauss II
Origin German translation :
Indigo und die Vierzig Robbers ( 1871 )
Der Carnival in Rome ( 1873 )
Die Fledermaus ( 1874 )
Cagliostro in Wien ( 1875 )
Prinz Methuselah ( 1877 )
Blindekuh (1878)
Das Spitzentuch der Königin ( 1880 )
Der Lustige Krieg (1881)
Eine Nacht in Venedig ( 1883 )
Der Zigeunerbaron ( 1885 )
Simplicio ( 1887 )
Fürstin Ninette ( 1893 )
Jabuka (1894 )
Woodruff ( 1895 )
Die Gottin der Vernunft ( 1897 )
Wiener Blut ( 1899 )
Ritter Pasman ( 1892 )
Aschenbrödel ( 1899 )
Lovesongs Liebeslieder Op.114 ( 1852 )
Phönix - Schwingen op. 125 Wings of the Phoenix ( 1853 )
SchneeglĆ op. Snowbells 143 (1854)
Nachtfalter op. 157 moths ( 1855 )
Man lebt nur Einmal ! op. 167 The man only live once! ( 1855 )
Accelerationen accelerations op.234 ( 1860 )
Immer Heiterer op. 235 Always Alegre ( 1860 )
Karnevalsbotschafter op. 270 Carnival Ambassador ( 1862 )
Main article Leitartikel op.273 ( 1863 )
Magazines Morgenblätter morning op.279 ( 1863 )
Studentenlust op. Joy 285 students ( 1864 )
Feuilleton op.293 ( 1865 )
Bürgersinn op. 295 Holy City ( 1865 )
Flugschriften brochures op.300 ( 1865 )
Wiener Bonbons Sweets op.307 Vienna ( 1866 )
Feenmärchen op. Fairy Tales 312 ( 1866 )
An schönen der Blauen Donau On the Beautiful Blue Danube Op.314 ( 1867 )
Artists op.316 Künstlerleben Life ' ( 1867 )
Telegram op. 318 frames ( 1867 )
Advertisers Publicisten op.321 Die ( 1868 )
G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald Tales from the Vienna Woods op.325 ( 1868 ) ,
Illustrationen op. 331 Illustrations ( 1869 )
Wein, Weib und Gesang op.333 Wine, Women and Song ( 1869 )
Euch des Lebens Freuet op. 340 Enjoy Life (1870 )
Neu Wien op. 342 New Vienna ( 1870 )
Tausend und eine Nacht op.346 The Arabian Nights ( 1871 )
Wiener Blut op. Viennese Blood 354 ( 1873 )
Bei uns op.361 z'Haus At Home ( 1873 )
Wo die Zitronen blühen op. 364 Where the Lemons Blossom ( 1874 )
Du du und op. 367 You and you ( 1874 )
Cagliostro -Walzer op.370 (1875 )
O Schöner Mai ! May op.375 beautiful Oh ! ( 1877 )
Rosen aus dem Roses hearting South Op.388 ( 1880 )
North Sea Pictures Nordseebilder op.390 ( 1880 )
Voices of Spring Frühlingsstimmen op.410 ( 1883 )
Lagunen -Walzer op. 411 Lagoon Waltz ( 1883 )
Schatz -Walzer op. 418 Treasure Waltz ( 1885 )
Wiener Frauen op. 423 Ladies Vienna ( 1886 )
Donauweibchen op. 427 Danube Maiden ( 1887 )
Kaiser- Jubiläum - Jubelwalzer op. 434 Emperor Jubilation ( 1888 )
Kaiser -Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437 ( 1888 )
Rathausball - Tänze op. 438 City of Ball (1890 )
Gross- Wien op. 440 Great Vienna ( 1891 )
Millionen umschlungen Seid op. Be accepted 443 Million ( 1892 )
polka
Explosions -Polka op . 43
Annen op. 117 (1852) Anna
Op Tritsch - Tratsch -Polka . 214 (1858) Chit -chat
Maskenzug op. 240 Masquerade Ball
Demolirer op. 269 (1862) Demolition Men
Vergnügungszug op. 281 Train Journey ( 1864 )
S gibt nur one Kaiserstadt , ' s gibt nur one Wien ! op. 291 Only Imperial City, one of Vienna
Kreuzfidel op. 301 Cross -Aman @
Lob der Frauen op - Polka mazurka . 315 Women of thirty
Leichtes Galop Blut op. Blood Light 319
Figaro -Polka Op . 320
Ein Herz, ein Sinn ! Op - Polka mazurka . 323 One heart, one mind!
Unter Donner und Blitz op. 324 Thunder and Lightning ( 1868 )
Freikugeln op. 326 free - Shooter ( 1868 )
Fata Morgana polka - Mazurka op. 330
Eljen a Magyar ! polka schnell op. 332 Live the Magyar !
Im Krapfenwald'l op. The timber 336 Krapfen French Polka
Im Sturmschritt op. 348 On the Double !
Die Bajadere op. 351 La Bayadere
Vom Donaustrande op. 358 On the banks of the Danube
Bitte Schön ! op. 372 If you please! ( 1875 )
Auf der Jagd ! op.373 to hunt ! ( 1875 )
Banditen - Galopp op. 378 Galop Bandits " ( 1877 )
Kaiser Franz Josef Rettungs op. 126
Napoleon op. 156
Persischer op. 289
Egyptischer op. 335
Jubelfest Op . 396
Jubiläumsmarsch Deutschmeister op. 470
Korn Auf ! op. 478
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King Of the Waltz
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