Vienna celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Johann Strauss II, an emblematic figure and composer of classical music. His most famous work, "The Blue Danube" ("An der schönen, blauen Donau" in ...

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 ...

Live from Vienna, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert marking a year of celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss ... By the Beautiful Blue Danube and the foot-stamping ...

Johann Strauss II now combined both orchestras and for the rest ... In 1872 he was invited to America to conduct his Blue Danube for the colossal fee of $100,000 for 14 performances (at one concert he ...

Johann Strauss Senior is known as 'the father of the waltz', though it was his son, 21 years his junior, who earned the title 'the Waltz King'. Strauss's mother died when he was seven and his father ...

Famous for his iconic waltz The Blue Danube, Die Fledermaus is undoubtedly Johann Strauss’s most popular opera, renowned for ...