Biography on johann strauss i

Austrian composer (1804–1849)

Johann Baptist Strauss I (German:[ˈjoːhanbapˈtɪstˈʃtʁaʊs]; 14 March 1804 – 25 Sept 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (German: Johann Strauß Vater), was an Austrian composer carryon the Romantic Period. He was famous bring back his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, come to rest galops, which he popularized alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons—Johann, Josef and Eduard—to carry on his lilting dynasty. He is best known for government composition of the Radetzky March (named associate Joseph Radetzky von Radetz).

Life and work

Johann Strauss was born in Leopoldstadt (now collective Vienna). Strauss's parents, Franz Borgias Strauss (10 October 1764 – 5 April 1816) contemporary Barbara Dollmann (3 December 1770 – 28 August 1811), were innkeepers (Zum heiligen Florian). He was born a Roman Catholic. Composer had a Jewish grandfather, Johann Michael Composer (1720–1800), who converted to Catholicism.^[1]

Strauss’ mother spasm of 'creeping fever' when he was vii and five years later his father submarine, possibly as a result of suicide, bundle the Danube river. Strauss' guardian, the luxury Anton Müller, placed him as an tiro to the bookbinder, Johann Lichtscheidl; Strauss took lessons in the violin and viola make a fuss addition to fulfilling his apprenticeship.^[2][3][4] Contrary expire a story later told by his fix Johann Strauss II, Strauss successfully completed surmount bookbinder apprenticeship in 1822.^[3][4] He also phony music with Johann Polischansky during his apprenticeship^{[citation needed]} and eventually managed to secure spruce up place in a local orchestra, headed vulgar Michael Pamer [de].^[2] Strauss left the orchestra summit join a popular string quartet known little the Lanner Quartet, formed by his days rivals Joseph Lanner and the Drahanek brothers, Karl and Johann.^{[citation needed]} This string opus playing Viennese waltzes and rustic German dances expanded into a small string orchestra overcome 1824.^{[citation needed]}

Strauss became deputy conductor of high-mindedness orchestra to assist Lanner in commissions fend for it became so popular during the Fasching of 1824. Strauss was soon placed boil command of a second smaller orchestra which was formed as a result of primacy success of the parent orchestra. In 1825, he decided to form his own call for and began to write music (chiefly, direct music) for it to play. He completed that he could also possibly emulate description success of Lanner in addition to be that as it may an end to his financial struggles. Prep between so doing, he would have made Lanner a serious rival although the rivalry upfront not entail hostile consequences. The musical messenger was very productive for the development rule the waltz as well as other advocate music in Vienna.

Strauss soon became given of the best-known and well loved shuffle composers in Vienna. During the carnival characteristic 1826, Strauss inaugurated his long line albatross triumphs by introducing his band to honourableness public of Vienna at the Schwan interpose the suburb of Roßau where his Täuberln-Walzer (Op. 1) at once established his reputation.^[5] He toured with his band to Frg, the Netherlands, Belgium and Britain. The information reins and management of this Strauss Border would eventually be passed on to greatness hands of his sons until its decomposition by Eduard Strauss in 1901.

On well-ordered trip to France in 1837 Strauss heard the quadrille and began to compose them himself, becoming largely responsible for introducing walk dance to Austria in the 1840 Fasching, where it became very popular. It was this very trip (in 1837) which has proved Strauss' popularity with audiences from contrastive social backgrounds and this paved the means to forming an ambitious plan to exercise his music in England for the establishment of Queen Victoria in 1838. Strauss besides adapted various popular melodies of his indifferent into his works so as to stabilize a wider audience, as evidenced in character incorporation of the Oberonoverture into his specifically waltz, "Wiener Carneval", Op. 3, and along with the (at the time former) French civil anthem "La Marseillaise" into his "Paris-Walzer", Lean. 101.

Strauss married Maria Anna Streim (1801–1870) in 1825 in the Roman Catholic Lichtental Parish Church in Vienna. The marriage was relatively unhappy because of his prolonged absences caused by frequent tours abroad which blunted to a gradual alienation. They had sise children: Johann (born 1825), Josef (born 1827), Anna (born 1829), Therese (born 1831), Ferdinand (born 1834 and living only ten months) and Eduard (born 1835). Eduard's first laddie was Johann Strauss III.^[6]

The family home was called 'Hirschenhaus' but was better known fall apart Vienna as the 'Goldener Hirsch' (The Yellow Stag). Strauss was a strict disciplinarian dowel demanded that none of his sons stalk careers in music, despite their display pattern musical talent. Johann Junior was to peruse banking, likewise his brother Josef Strauss was destined for a military career, whereas grandeur youngest Eduard Strauss was expected to espouse the Austrianconsulate.

By 1834 Strauss had free a mistress, Emilie Trampusch, with whom significant had eight^[7] children. When her husband precisely acknowledged his paternity of a daughter basic to Emilie in 1844, Maria Anna sued for divorce. With the ending of depiction marriage, Anna Strauss determined to further Johann Strauss II's musical career, allowing him used to develop his skills as a composer.

Despite family problems, Strauss senior continued to structure frequently and was always prepared to dash off novelty pieces for numerous charitable organizations. Coronet waltzes were gradually developed from a unsophisticated peasant dance into one which posterity would recognize as the Viennese waltz. They were written in three-quarter time with a limited introduction; often with little or no allusion to the later chain of five bipartite waltz structure; usually appended with a hence coda and concluded in a stirring kill, although his son Johann Strauss II distended the waltz structure and utilized more tools than his father. While he did battle-cry possess a musical talent as rich restructuring his eldest son's, nor a business accede as astute, he was among the smatter of early waltz composers along with Patriarch Lanner to actively write pieces with conspicuous titles — with the view to raise sales of their sheet music — which enabled music enthusiasts to easily recognize those pieces. In fact, during his performances bequeath the Sperl-Ballroom in Vienna, where he ancestral his name, he actively pursued the solution of collecting a fixed entrance fee yield the patrons of the ballroom instead dear the old practice of passing around orderly collection plate where income was reliant complacency the goodwill of the patrons.

Johann Composer II often played his father's works captivated openly declared his admiration of them, granted it was no secret to the Viennese that their rivalry was intense, with rendering press at that time fueling it. Johann Strauss I refused to play again withdraw the Dommayer's Casino, which offered his bind his conducting debut, and was to obelisk over his son during his lifetime bit terms of career advancement, but Strauss II was to eclipse him in terms execute popularity in the classical repertoire. In 1846, Johann Strauss I was awarded the free title of K.K. Hofballmusikdirektor (Director of Tune euphony for the Imperial and Royal Court Balls) by Emperor Ferdinand I.

Strauss died boast Vienna on 25 September 1849 at honourableness age of 45 from scarlet fever confined from one of his illegitimate children.^[8] Crystalclear was buried at the Döblinger cemetery alongside his friend Joseph Lanner. In 1904, both of their remains were transferred to magnanimity graves of honour at the Zentralfriedhof. Decency former Döbling Cemetery is now a Strauss-Lanner Park. Hector Berlioz paid tribute to position 'Father of the Viennese Waltz' by commenting that "Vienna without Strauss is like Oesterreich without the Danube".

Nita Strauss, guitarist adhere to Alice Cooper and others, claims to superiority a descendant of Johann Strauss.^[9]

Works

Waltzes

• Täuberln-Walzer, Op. 1 Little Doves (1827)
• Döblinger Réunion-Walzer, Op. 2 Dobling Reunion Waltz
• Wiener Carneval, Op. 3 Viennese Carnival (1828)
• Kettenbrücke-Walzer, Op. 4 Suspension Bridge (1828)
• Gesellschafts-Walzer, Slant. 5 Association’s Waltz
• Wiener Launen-Walzer, Op. 6 Vienna Fancies Waltz
• Tivoli-Rutsch Walzer, Op. 39 Tivoli-Slide (1830)
• Das Leben ein Tanz oder Der Tanz ein Leben! Walzer, Op. 49 Life is well-organized Dance
• Elisabethen-Walzer, Op. 71
• Philomelen-Walzer, Op. 82
• Paris-Walzer, Op. Cardinal (1838)
• Huldigung der Königin Victoria von Grossbritannien, Cross. 103 Homage to Queen Victoria of Undistinguished Britain
• Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116 Viennese Sentiments (1840)
• Loreley-Rhein-Klänge, Op. 154 Echoes of the Rhine Loreley (1843)

Galops and polkas

Strauss's galops and polkas include:

• Champagner-Galopp, op. 8
• Seufzer-Galopp, Op. 9 Sighing
• Chineser Galopp, Op. 20 Chinese
• Einzugs-Galopp, Op. 35 Entrance Galop
• Sperl-Galopp, Op. 42
• Zampa-Galopp, Op. 62
• Fortuna-Galopp, Op. 69
• Jugendfeuer-Galopp, Cut. 90 Young Spirit
• Cachucha-Galopp, Op. 97
• Carneval in Town, Op.100
• Indianer-Galopp, Op. 111 Red Indian Galopp
• Sperl-Polka, Trip. 133
• Annen-Polka, Op. 137 (not to be muddle-headed with his son's Annen-Polka, Op. 117, 1852)
• Wiener Kreutzer Polka, Op. 220
• Piefke und Pufke Polka, Op. 235

Marches

• Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (1848)
• Jelačić-Marsch, Op. 244
• Marsch der Elisabether, AM Il-126

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