Strauss senior died in 1849, and has since been celebrated mainly for his Radetzky March. He actually published a total of 251 works, including 152 waltzes, had his own highly successful dance ...

Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...

One of the most famous events in the Viennese musical calendar is the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s concert. Inaugurated in 1939, it takes place at the legendary Musikverein. The concert ...

Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II was born in Vienna on October 25, 1825. World famous for his Viennese waltzes, including 'The Blue Danube,' Strauss is one of the defining figures in 19th ...

Bicentenary of the birth of the great Johann Strauss, an incredibly successful composer, best known for his Viennese waltzes ...

4. Like the program performed in the Austrian Musikverein Golden Hall, the local concert will foreground the stately waltzes and other dances of the Johann Strauss Jr. family. “We will be ...