Johann Strauss II

Overview

Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), the Viennese composer and conductor, «the Waltz King» (Wikipedia, «Johann Strauss II»). Not his brother Eduard, the conductor whom Marie hears at Frankfurt in 1878 (#Edouard_Strauss).

References in Diary

• 1873-07-04 (006.0181, Nice): a concert piece «la marche égyptienne de Strauss» — his Egyptian March (Ägyptischer Marsch), op. 335 (1869).
• 1873-08-09 (007.0372, Vienna, during the World Exhibition): at an Exhibition concert «d'une façon inattendue Strauss (Johann) paraît. Il donne un autre caractère à l'orchestre et à l'ensemble. Chaque musicien a une face animée et riante».
• His operetta La Tzigane (Paris, 1877) is footnoted at 077.0051.