!!!Lanner, Josef

b. Vienna, April 12, 1801, 
d. Vienna, April 14, 1843, famous violinist in dance band, conductor 
and composer of the Austrian Biedermeier period. Began as violinist in 
the dance band of M. Pamer, then formed his own band (1824) in which 
J.  Strauss the Elder played and which was expanded into an orchestra 
within a few years; 1829 musical director of court balls. He and J. 
Strauss the Elder are the real founders of the Viennese  Waltz; they 
made the simple dance a separate genre between light and more serious 
music.

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Works (208 pieces): Waltzes (Die Schoenbrunner, Hofballtaenze, Die 
Werber), laendler, galops, cotillons; piano music. - Editions: 
Complete works, ed. by E. Kremser, 14 vols., 1888/1889; Waltzes 
(complete), 1889-1892; selected dances, ed. by O. Bie, 1920; Laendler 
and Waltzes, 1926; Waltzes, ed. by P. Angerer, 1998.

!Literature
F. Lange, J. L. und J. Strauss, 1904; A. Weinmann, 
Werkverzeichnis, 1948; H. Krenn, Lenzblueten, 1994; O. Brusatti, J. 
L., Compositeur, Entertainer und Musikgenie, 2001.



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