Johann Strauss (grandson)

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Johann Strauss III (1866-1939)
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Johann Eduard Maria Strauss , also Johann Strauss (grandson) or Johann Strauss III , (born February 16, 1866 in Vienna , † January 9, 1939 in Berlin ) was an Austrian composer and conductor .

Life

Johann was the first son of Eduard Strauss and his wife Maria geb. Klenkhart (1840–1921), and thus the grandson of Johann Strauss (father) and nephew of Johann Strauss (son) and Josef Strauss . First he received a comprehensive musical education, then studied law and worked in the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Culture and Education . He married Maria Emilie Karoline Hofer (1867–1939) on April 17, 1894, and had four children from this marriage.

On December 23, 1898, his three-act operetta cat and mouse (text: Ferdinand Gross and Victor Léon ) based on a model by Eugène Scribe was premiered in the Theater an der Wien . Johann Strauss III. but could not build on the success of his ancestors. In 1901 he took over the direction of the court ball music in Vienna from his father and then went to Berlin as Kapellmeister. In his concert tours through Europe he performed the music of the Strauss family as a violin-playing conductor . In 1934 and 1937 he also made guest appearances in the USA .

He gave his last concert with the Dresden Philharmonic on December 26, 1938. The grave dedicated to him is located in the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 12, row 2, number 7) in Vienna.

Works

Score of the operetta Cat and Mouse (1898)
The baton of Johann Strauss grandson in the Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty Vienna
  • 1898 cat and mouse (operetta)

Based on motifs from the operetta

  • 1898 Sylvianen (waltz) Op. 1
  • 1898 Leonie (Waltz) Op. 2
  • 1898 Comme it faut (Polka française) Op. 3
  • 1898 Rococo (Gavotte) Op. 4th
  • 1898 Empire (Polka Mazur) Op. 5
  • 1898 Smart-Smart (Polka Fast) Op. 6th
  • 1898 Dragoon (March) Op. 7th
  • 1898 Cat and Mouse (Quadrille) Op. 8th
  • 1898 Musette Op. 9

Works 10 to 23 are currently not listed.

  • 1900 Greetings from Vienna, (Waltz) Op. 24
  • 1900 The world belongs to the brave (Waltz) Op. 25th
  • 1900 Budapest Polka Op. 26th
  • 1906 Fresh through life (gallop) Op. 27
  • 1900 Rosy Mood (Mazurka) Op. 28
  • 1900 With united forces (March) Op. 29
  • 1900 Unter den Linden (Waltz) Op. 30th
  • 1900 La Patineuse - The Skater (Waltz) Op. 31
  • 1901 Viennese wise men (waltz) Op. 32
  • 1901 Mariana Valse (Waltz) Op. 33
  • 1902 Im Gallop Op. 34
  • 1902 Ludmilla (Mazurka) Op. 35
  • 1902 In the prime (waltz) Op. 36
  • 1902 With a joyful heart (Polka) Op. 37
  • 1903 Dichterliebe (Waltz) Op. 38
  • 1901 Wilhelminen Waltz Op. 39
  • 1902 Coronation Waltz Op. 40 (for the coronation of King Edward VII of England)

Individual evidence

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SURNAME Strauss, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strauss, Johann III; Strauss, Johann Eduard Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1939
Place of death Berlin