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Johann Strauss II

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Abschied von St Petersburg (Farewell to St Petersburg), op.210 (2)
Accelerationen Waltz, op.234 (14)
Agyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March), op.335 (10)
Albion-Polka, op.102 (1)
Alexander-Quadrille, op.33 (1)
Alexandrinen-Polka, op.198 (1)
An der Elbe, op.477 (1)
An der Wolga, op.425 (1)
An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314 (arr. Theo Kreiten) (1)
An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314 (arr. Wouter Lenaerts) (1)
An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314 (arr. for brass) (2)
An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314 (arr. piano Andri Joel Harison) (1)
An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314 (65)
Annen-Polka, op.117 (19)
Aschenbrodel (Cinderella) (1)
Auf der Jagd (At the Hunt), op.373 (9)
Auf zum Tanze!, op.436 (1)
Ballstrausschen (Ball Bouquets): polka schnell, op.380 (1)
Banditen Galop (Bandits' Galop), op.378 (8)
Bauern-Polka, op.276 (2)
Bei uns z'Haus (At Home), op.361 (3)
Belagerung von Rochelle, op.31 (1)
Bitte schon Polka, op.372 (2)
Blindekuh (Blind Man's Buff) (2)
Bluette, Polka francaise, op.271 (1)
Blumenfest-Polka, op.111 (2)
Cagliostro in Wien (4)
Casanova (4)
Champagne Galop (1)
Champagne Polka, op.211 (8)
Concert Arabesques on 'The Blue Danube' (1)
Das Spitzentuch der Konigin (3)
Delirien-Walzer, op.212 (1)
Der Carneval in Rom (The Carnival in Rome) (2)
Der Rosenkavalier (1)
Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) (35)
» Waltz
Des Teufels Antheil, o.op. (1)
Die Bajadere: Polka schnell, op.351 (3)
Die Fledermaus (highlights) (1)
Die Fledermaus (93)
Die Gottin der Vernunft (2)
Die Tanzerin Fanny Elssler (4)
Die Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) (5)
» Medley
Dinorah-Quadrille, op.224 (1)
Donauweibchen waltz, op.427 (1)
Durchs Telephon, op.439 (1)
Du und Du waltz, op.367 (arr. Dohnanyi) (1)
Du und Du waltz, op.367 (6)
Egyptian Waltz (1)
Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) (22)
Elektro-magnetische Polka, op.110 (1)
Elektrophor, op.297 (3)
Eljen a Magyar, op.332 (14)
Errinerung an Covent Garden (Memories of Covent Garden), op.329 (1)
Explosionen-Polka, op.43 (3)
Fantasy on 'Die Fledermaus' (arr. Pavia for 2 pianos) (1)
Fata Morgana, op.330 (2)
Faust-Quadrille, op.277 (1)
Figaro-Polka francaise, op.320 (5)
Fledermaus-Quadrille, op.363 (2)
Freikugeln-Polka, op.326 (3)
Freut euch des Lebens Waltz, op.340 (6)
Frisch heran! Polka schnell, op.386 (4)
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (arr. Alfred Grunfeld) (1)
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (arr. Dimitri Tiomkin) (1)
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (arr. Emma Johnson) (1)
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (arr. Josef Reif) (1)
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (arr. for organ duo) (1)
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (37)
Furioso polka, op.260 (5)
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), op.325 (arr. Pourcel) (1)
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), op.325 (30)
Glucklich ist, wer vergisst! Polka Mazurka, op.368 (1)
Graduation Ball (arr. A Dorati) (4)
Grossfursten-Marsch, op.107 (1)
Grossfurstin Alexandra-Walzer, op.181 (1)
Gruss an Wien (1)
Hellenen-Polka, op.203 (1)
Hofball-Quadrille, op.116 (1)
Hofballtanze, Walzer, op.298 (1)
Im Krapfenwald'l (Cuckoo Polka), op.336 (9)
Im Sturmschritt! (At the Double), op.348 (3)
Indigo und die Vierzig Rauber (4)
Indra-Quadrille, op.122 (1)
Ischler Walzer (4)
Jabuka (1)
Kaiser Franz Joseph I Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch, op.126 (2)
Kaiserwalzer, op.437 (arr. Gerald Wirth, Alexander Graf) (1)
Kaiserwalzer, op.437 (arr. Schoenberg) (9)
Kaiserwalzer, op.437 (43)
Klipp-Klapp: Galopp, op.466 (3)
Kronungs-Marsch, op.183 (1)
Kunster-Quadrille, op.201 (1)
Kunstlerleben (Artists' Life), op.316 (13)
Kuss-Walzer, op.400 (2)
L'Africaine-Quadrille, op.299 (1)
Lagunenwalzer, op.411 (arr.Schoenberg) (3)
Lagunenwalzer, op.411 (6)
Le Beau Danube (orch. Roger Desormiere) (1)
Leichtes Blut (Light as a Feather), op.319 (12)
Liebeslieder-Waltz, op.114 (3)
Liguorianer Seufzer: Scherzpolka, op.57 (3)
Lob der Frauen: polka mazur, op.315 (1)
Marchen aus dem Orient: Walzer, op.444 (1)
Martha-Quadrille, op.46 (4)
Melodien-Quadrille nach Verdi, op.112 (3)
Morgenblatter Waltz, op.279 (11)
Motoren-Walzer, op.265 (1)
Nachtigall-Polka (Nightingale Polka) op.222 (4)
Neu-Wien waltz, op.342 (1)
Neue Melodien-Quadrille, op.254 (4)
Neue Pizzicato-Polka, op.449 (12)
Neues Leben: Polka francaise, op.278 (3)
Newa-Polka francaise, op.288 (1)
Niko Polka, op.228 (7)
Nordseebilder (North Sea Pictures), op.390 (4)
Nordstern-Quadrille, op.153 (1)
Ohne Sorgen Schnell-Polka, op.271 (5)
Olga-Polka, op.196 (1)
Orpheus-Quadrille, op.236 (1)
Paraphrase of Waltzes (arr. Florian Noack) (1)
Pasman Waltz (1)
Patronesen, Polka francaise, op.286 (1)
Perpetuum mobile, op.257 (arr. Emma Johnson) (1)
Perpetuum mobile, op.257 (23)
Persischer Marsch (Persian March), op.289 (10)
Phoenix-Schwingen Walzer, op.125 (3)
Pizzicato Polka (11)
Postillon d'amour, op.317 (1)
Potpourri-Quadrille (1)
Princess Ninetta (1)
Prinz Methusalem (2)
Prozess-Polka, op.295 (1)
Rathaus-Ball-Tanze Walzer, op.438 (1)
Ritter Pasman (Knight Pasman), op.441 (9)
Romance no.2 in G minor 'Dolci pianti' (Susse Tranen) (1)
Romanze for Cello and Orchestra no.1 (1)
Rosen aus dem Suden, op.388 (arr.Schoenberg) (4)
Rosen aus dem Suden, op.388 (24)
Russische Marsch-Fantasie, op.353 (1)
Russischer Marsch (Russian March), op.426 (3)
S'gibt nur a Kaiserstadt, s'gibt nur a Wien - polka, op.291 (1)
Schallwellen, op.148 (3)
Schatzwalzer (Treasure waltz), op.418 (arr. Dohnanyi) (3)
Schatzwalzer (Treasure waltz), op.418 (arr. Webern) (6)
Schatzwalzer (Treasure waltz), op.418 (7)
Seid umschlungen, Millionen Waltz, op.443 (5)
Simplicius-Walzer (Donauweibchen), op.427 (1)
So angstlich sind wir nicht - Polka schnell, op.413 (1)
Spieluhr Polka (arr. Otto Schulhof) (1)
St Petersburg, op.255 (1)
Stadt und Land, op.322 (1)
Studenten-Polka, op.263 (1)
Sturmisch in Lieb' und Tanz - Polka schnell, op.393 (5)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op.346 (12)
Themes from 'Die Fledermaus' for 2 pianos (arr. by E. Steuermann) (1)
Tik-Tak, op.365 (6)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op.214 (arr. Gyorgy Sziffra) (1)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op.214 (26)
Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi): Quadrille, op.272 'Maskenball-Quadrille' (3)
Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning) polka, op.324 (arr. Wright) (1)
Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning) polka, op.324 (21)
Vergnugungszug, op.281 (10)
Vom Donaustrande, op.356 (2)
Waldmeister (11)
Wein, Weib und Gesang!, op.333 (arr. Berg) (5)
Wein, Weib und Gesang!, op.333 (arr. Godowsky) (1)
Wein, Weib und Gesang!, op.333 (19)
Wiener Blut (operetta) (12)
Wiener Blut Waltz, op.354 (arr. Leonhard Roczek) (1)
Wiener Blut Waltz, op.354 (34)
Wiener Bonbons, op.307 (arr. piano Andri Joel Harison) (1)
Wiener Bonbons, op.307 (6)
Wiener Gemuths-Walzer, op.116 (1)
Wo die Zitronen bluhen (Where the lemons blossom), op.364 (6)
Zigeuner-Quadrille, op.24 (1)
Zigeunerbaron-Quadrille. op.422 (4)

Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899), also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 400 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely then responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.

Strauss had two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss, who became composers of light music as well, although they were never as well known as their elder brother.

Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include The Blue Danube, Kaiser-Walzer, Tales from the Vienna Woods, and the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka. Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the best known.

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