Johann Strauss II

Description: (Austrian Composer of Light Music)
Johann Strauss II, also known as The Waltz King, was initially pushed by his composer father Johann Strauss I to become a banker, while he learned the violin secretly and conducted a restaurant band. Best remembered for his iconic composition The Blue Danube, he redefined the 19th-century waltzes and operettas.

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Birthday October 25, 1825 (Scorpio)
Died on June 3, 1899
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