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Eduard Strauss
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Eduard Strauss was born on 15 March 1835 in Vienna and died there on 28 December 1916, of a myocardial infarction, from natural causes; he was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery. A citizen of Austria–Hungary, he worked as a composer and conductor of classical music, playing violin, and began his career in 1855. His father was Johann Strauss I, his son was Johann Strauss III, and his siblings were Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss. He spoke German.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1876
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Studien über die Albuminoide
- Gesicht, Gewicht, Geblüt, Gemüt
- Hormone
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1835
- Active to
- 1916
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,725
- Total plays
- 11,977
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,704x
- Basics of Qualitative Research (3rd ed.): Techniques and
Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory
· 2008 · cited 9,148x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,924x
- Grounded theory research: Procedures, canons, and evaluative criteria
· 1990 · cited 7,423x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
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Key facts
- Location
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Source
- Paul Löwenberg collection of Lanner-Strauss materials, 1825–1916
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eduard
- Family name
- Strauss
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria–Hungary
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Father
- Johann Strauss I
- Sibling
- Josef Strauss
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Akademisches Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Eduard Strauss concert poster.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Eduard Strauß
- date of birth
- 1835-02-14
- date of death
- 1916-12-28
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- name in native language
- Eduard Strauß
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
- start of work period
- 1855-00-00
- P8168
- Pádraig Harrington
- P12749
- nutmeg
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Eduard Strauss, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Hypothesen : Walzer für Pianoforte ; op. 72
Ein Stück Wien : Polka française für Pianoforte ; op. 98
Carnevals-Gruss : Polka-Mazur für d. Pianoforte comp. ; op. 8
![Schatten-Quadrille : nach Motiven d. Oper Der Schatten (= l'ombre) von F[riedrich] von Flotow ; op. 62](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11147655_00005%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Schatten-Quadrille : nach Motiven d. Oper Der Schatten (= l'ombre) von F[riedrich] von Flotow ; op. 62
Honneur aux dames [Música notada]= Ehret die Frauen : grande valse pour piano, op. 80
Valse des esprits [Música notada]= Fesche Geister : grande valse viennoise, op. 75
¡Que la vie est belle! [Música notada] =]Das Leben ist doch schön!, op. 150
Interpretationen : Walzer für Pianoforte ; op. 97
Doctrinen : Walzer für Pianoforte ; op. 79
Cascoletto-Quadrille : nach Motiven d. gleichnam. Operette von Jacques Offenbach ; für d. Pianoforte ; op. 15
![Quadrille für das Pianoforte : op. 10 ; [nach Motiven der Operette: Fitzliputzli von G. v. Zaytz]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11153587_00003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Quadrille für das Pianoforte : op. 10 ; [nach Motiven der Operette: Fitzliputzli von G. v. Zaytz]
Auf und davon : Polka (schnell) ; für Piano ; op. 73
Quadrille nach Motiven der Operette Mannschaft an Bord von G. von Zaytz : für das Pianoforte ; op. 7
Carmen-Quadrille : nach Motiven d. gleichnam. Oper G. Bizet's ; für Pianoforte ; op. 134
Lilienkränze : Walzer für d. Pianoforte ; op. 61
Myrthen-Sträußchen : Walzer für d. Pianoforte ; op. 87
Fusionen : Walzer für Pianoforte ; op. 74
Mädchenlaune : Polka-Mazurka für Pianoforte ; op. 99
Wiener Genre-Bilder : Walzer für Pianoforte ; op. 41
Augensprache : Polka française für Pianoforte ; op. 119
Die Biene : Polka française für d. Pianoforte ; op. 54
Lilienkränze : Walzer für d. Pianoforte ; op. 61
Kleine Chronik : Polka (schnell) für Pianoforte ; op. 128
Nach kurzer Rast : Polka schnell für Pianoforte ; op. 100
Goldchignon : Quadrille nach Motiven d. gleichnam. Operette von E. Jonas ; für Pianoforte ; op. 105
Laut und traut : Polka-Mazur für Pianoforte ; op. 106
La gloire du Brésil : marche triomphale ; op. 63
Angot-Quadrille : nach Motiven d. kom. Oper von Ch. Lecoq Mamsell Angot, d. Tochter d. Halle ; für Pianoforte ; op. 110
Knall und Fall : Polka (schnell) für Pianoforte ; op. 132
Stempelfrei : Polka ; op. 56
Schützen-Quadrille : für d. Pianoforte
Herz und Welt : Polka-Mazurka für Pianoforte ; op. 131
Les brigands = Die Banditen : Operette de J. Offenbach ; quadrille pour piano ; op. 57
Pegasus-Sprünge : Polka (schnell) für d. Pianoforte comp. ; op. 51
Huldigungen : Walzer für d. Pianoforte ; op. 88
Soldatengruss : Polka française für Pianoforte ; op. 85
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Encyclopedic overview
A drawing of Strauss on a concert poster Eduard "Edi" Strauss (15 March 1835 – 28 December 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with his brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He was the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim. The family dominated the Viennese light music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music enthusiasts around Europe. He was affectionately known in his family as 'Edi'.
Life and music
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eduard Strauss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.