Johann Strauss I & II Posters and Prints
for the music and dance studio, arts and social studies classrooms, and decor for office or home.

Elder Johann Strauss
b. 3-14-1804; Vienna, Austria
d. 9-25-1849; Vienna (scarlet fever)

Johann Strauss II
b. 10-25-1825; Vienna
d. 6-3-1899

Johann Strauss the Younger Bookmark

Johann Strauss the Younger Bookmark
portrait by Frank Szasz

text from biographical bookmark-

Johann Strauss the Younger (1825-1899), who was known as the “Waltz King,” was famous as a composer of many Viennese waltzes and operettas.

Of the 500 dance pieces he wrote more than 150 were waltzes. The Blue Danube, Stauss's most famous composition, continues to be a favorite. Also well known were Artist's Life, Wine, Women and Song, Vienna Blood, and Tales from the Vienna Woods.

Of the many successful stageworks written by Strauss, Die Fledermaus was the one accepted as the classical example of Viennese Operatta. Also successful were the Roman Carnival, The Gypsy Baron and A Night in Venice.

The Blue Danube waltz has become an unofficial national anthem for Austria.

Good Form, No. 1: The Waltz, satirical cartoon, c.1820

• dance posters

Joseph Strauss
b. 8-20-1827; Vienna
d. 7-22-1870