Strauß, Josef#
Strauss, Josef, b. Vienna, Aug. 22, 1827, d. Vienna, July 22, 1870, composer, originally architect and inventor; son of Johann Strauss the Elder, from 1862 directed the Strauss Orchestra together with his brother Johann Strauss the Younger; pursued a more poetic style of composition influenced by Franz Schubert, H. Berlioz and F. Chopin.
Works#
waltzes: Sphaerenklaenge; Delirienwalzer; Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich; Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb´ und Lust. - Operettas, dances.Literature#
A. Witeschnik, Die Dynastie Strauss, 1958; A. Weinmann, Verzeichnis saemtlicher Werke von Josef und Eduard Strauss, 1967; P. Prange, Die Strauss-Dynastie, 1991.