JOHANN See also:

• STRAUSS, DAVID FRIEDRICH (1808-1874)
• JOHANN STRAUSS (1804-1849)
• STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864– )

STRAUSS (1804-1849)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian orchestral conductor and composer of See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance-See also:

• MUSIC

music, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna on the 14th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1804 . In 1819 he obtained his first engagement as a violinist in a small See also:

• BAND

band then playing at the Sperl, in the Leopoldstadt, and after acting as See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-conductor in another See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra, he organized in 1825 a little band of fourteen per-formers on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . It was during the See also:

• CARNIVAL (Med. Lat. carnelevarium, from taro, tarns, flesh, and levare, to lighten or put aside; the derivation from valere, to say farewell, is unsupported)

carnival of 1826 that See also:

• STRAUSS, DAVID FRIEDRICH (1808-1874)
• STRAUSS, JOHANN (1804-1849)
• STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864– )

Strauss inaugurated a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LINE

line of triumphs by introducing his band to the public of Vienna at the Schwan, in the Rossau suburb, where his famous Tauberl-Walzer (op . 1) at once established his reputation as the best composer of dance-music then living . Upon the strength of this success he was invited back to the Sperl, where he accepted an engagement, with an increased orchestra, for six years . Soon after this he was appointed kapellmeister to the 1st See also:

• BURGER, GOTTFRIED AUGUST (1748-1794)

Burger See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and entrusted with the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of providing the music for the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court balls; while the number of his private engagements was so See also:

• GREAT

great that he found it necessary to enlarge his band from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time until it consisted of more than two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred performers . In 1833 he began a long and extended See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• TOURS

tours throughout See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, eventually visiting See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1838 . In See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris he associated himself with Musard, whose quadrilles became not much less popular than his own waltzes; but his greatest successes were achieved in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he arrived in time for the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, and played at seventy-two public concerts, besides innumerable balls and other private entertainments . The fatigue ,of these long journeys seriously injured Strauss's See also:

• HEALTH

health; but he soon resumed his duties at the Sperl; and on the 5th of May 1840 he removed with his band to the Imperial " Volksgarten," which thenceforth became the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of hismost memorable successes, his conducting being marked by a quiet See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power which ensured the perfection of every minutest nuance . In 1844 Strauss began another extensive series of tours . In 1849 he revisited London, and, after his farewell See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert, was escorted down the See also:

• THAMES

Thames by a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron of boats, in one of which a band played tunes in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . This was his last public See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph .

On his return to Vienna he was attacked with See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, of which he died on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1849 . , Strauss was survived by three sons—Johann (1825-1899), See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph (1827–1870) and Eduard (b . 1835), all of whom distinguished themselves as composers of dance-music, and assisted in recruiting the ranks and perpetuating the traditions of the still famous band .