When you think of a waltz, it’s likely that your thoughts turn to Johann Strauss, the Viennese composer often dubbed ‘The ...

The two Strauss family orchestras ran in open rivalry with one another until 1849 when the elder Strauss contracted scarlet fever from one of his illegitimate children and was found dead in his ...

After his father abandoned the family for another woman, Strauss's mother Anna became a ... "Life had to be earned," said the retired judge, 69. Johann made his debut at the age of 18, becoming ...

Feuding brothers. Family fortunes, made and lost. Are these tabloid headlines? Reality TV plot lines? Nope. They’re biographic notes for Johann Strauss, father and son, both esteemed classical ...

Visitors must be buzzed in as if making a social visit to a Strauss family still alive (just walk up to the door and press ...

Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) is known as the 'Waltz King'. He was the greatest of all Viennese dance music composers. Life and Music The young Strauss had started composing and directing his own ...