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Definition of Strauss the Younger
1. Noun. Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the 'waltz king' (1825-1899).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strauss The Younger
Literary usage of Strauss the Younger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music (1899)
"... kept up his dandy-like attire and his chronic habit of regarding himself as
still a young man. Johann Strauss, the younger, was born October 25, 1825, ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1884)
"... by some member of the Strauss family ; by Johann Strauss the elder, or Johann
Strauss the younger, or by one of the brothers of this younger Johann. ..."
3. Austria of the Austrians and Hungary of the Hungarians by Leon Kellner, Paula Arnold, Arthur L. Delisle (1914)
"... Lanner. full of melody and feeling, instinct with grace and sweetness, but
they were still surpassed by Strauss' son, Johann Strauss the Younger. ..."
4. Old and New by Edward Everett Hale (1871)
"John Strauss the younger took his father's place. Among compositions that should
not rank as dance-music are to be considered the mazurkas, polonaises, ..."
5. The Study of the History of Music: With an Annotated Guide to Music Literature by Edward Dickinson (1908)
"Johann Strauss the younger has attained almost equal fame in his ... There is a
group of waltzes by Johann Strauss the younger, published by Knight and ..."
6. The Musical World (1874)
"We can understand why composers of dance music so famous as Musard, Strauss the
elder, Strauss the younger, Lanner, ..."
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