Johann Strauss (Sohn)

Johann Strauss, the King of Waltzes, toured the world like a gypsy and his successful tours to St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Paris and New York helped to popularise his waltz music. What difference...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The overture is firmly in the tradition established by Rossini and ev...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The overture is firmly in the tradition established by Rossini and ev...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. Like the famous polka Donner und Blitz, the Tick-Tack Polka opus 365 i...

'Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein' is sung by Prince Orlovsky in the second act of 'Die Fledermaus': he himself is permanently bored by his wealth, but he insists upon his guests enjoying themselves at his...

The Viennese composer Johann Strauss jr. (1825 - 1899) composed besides his famous waltzes and operettas also a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees'...

The trio 'so muss allein ich bleiben' from the operetta Die Fledermaus is sung in the first act: Gabriel von Eisenstein is due to leave for prison and his wife Rosalinde acts to be sad about it. Meanw...

Im Feuerstrom der Reben is the very final of the second act of the Operetta Die Fledermaus. (Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Choir and Concert Band)

'O Fledermaus, o Fledermaus' is the very final of the Operetta 'Die Fledermaus'. (2 Sopanos, 2 Mezzo Sopranos, 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, Choir and Concert Band)

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Brüderlein und Schwesterlein is the very final of the second act: at the end of Prince Orlofsky's party Dr. Falke proposes to sing a song of praise to the brotherhood of the assembled company. (2 Sopa...

Täubchen das entflattert ist is the very beginning of Die Fledermaus: At Eisenstein's house the singer Alfred, in love with Eisenstein's wife Rosalinde, is heard serenading Rosalinde. Adele, the maid,...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The polka-mazurka Stadt und Land, Opus 322 is a beautiful example of S...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

'Tristsch Tratsch' was a satirical magazine in Vienna in. In 1858 it printed a profile of Johann Strauss: it was feared, said the report, that Strauss' concert seasons in Russia and the development of...

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), is a waltz medley composed by Strauss in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin inspired by a novel by Heinrich Bohrmann-R...

Johann Strauss wrote the bubbling 'Champagne Polka' for his 1858 summer concert season in Pavlovsk, where its first performance took place on 12 August under the title of 'Ball-Champagner-Polka'. Stra...

Johann Strauss wrote the bubbling 'Champagne Polka' for his 1858 summer concert season in Pavlovsk, where its first performance took place on 12 August under the title of 'Ball-Champagner-Polka'. Stra...

'Kaiser-Walzer', Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) is a waltz composed by Strauss in 1889. The waltz was originally titled 'Hand in Hand' and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian empe...

'Kaiser-Walzer', Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) is a waltz composed by Strauss in 1889. The waltz was originally titled 'Hand in Hand' and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian empe...

The Fledermaus-Polka is one of six dance arrangements on themes from Johann Strauss' operetta "Die Fledermaus". It received its première in 1874 at the Theater an der Wien and according of the newspap...

Strauss composed the 'Annen-Polka' in 1852 to celebrate the day of St. Anne. This polka was quite popular right from its premiere in 1852 when the Viennese newspapers reported as follows: 'Johann Stra...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which Die Fledermaus his best contribution to this genre is. The terzett Nein mit solchen Advokaten is sung by Rosalinde, Blind and...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which Die Fledermaus his best contribution to this genre is. The duet Dieser Anstand, so manierlich is sung by Rosalinde and her hus...