Johann Strauss, seen here circa 1868, wrote what is probably the most famous waltz of all time: "The Blue Danube." (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Johann Strauss II, known as "The Waltz King," helped ...

Music ran through the veins of Johann Strauss II and – despite his father’s opposition – he went on to compose many of the ...

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 ...

- EDITORIAL WALTZ, (Leitartikel), Opus 273, published in 1863, pages 12-14 - MORNING JOURNALS WALTZ, (Morgenblätter), Opus 279, published in 1863, pages 15-18 - BLUE DANUBE WALTZ, (An der schönen ...

Best known for his rousing waltz "The Blue Danube", which became Austria's unofficial national anthem, many of his 500 dance pieces live on in Vienna's roaring ball season. Strauss's persistent ...

O nce a year the Vienna State Opera hosts a lavish ball. When you enter the magnificent auditorium, you feel as though you ...

THE haunting notes and pizzicato strings that Ultravox conjured in Vienna, their best known hit, are sure to be heard when Bournemouth’s Pavilion Theatre hosts the Johann Strauss Gala this weekend ...

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Magical melodies and swirling rhythms from the golden age of the Viennese waltz: the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra present a new recording of the dazzling music of Johann Strauss, father and son.

Johann Strauss Ensemble, one of Austria’s most acclaimed classical orchestras, will embark on a new tour in Romania in ...