Eduard strauss johann strauss iii biography

Austrian composer

This article is about Eduard Strauss I. For Strauss' grandchild, see Eduard Strauss II.

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 Vienneselight music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music enthusiasts around Europe.

Eduard strauss johann strauss iii biography

He was affectionately known in his family as 'Edi'.

Life and music

Eduard Strauss' style was individual and did not attempt to emulate the works of his other brothers or his contemporaries.

But he was primarily remembered and recognized as a dance music conductor rather than as a major composer in the Strauss family [ja], and his popularity was overshadowed by that of his elder brothers. Realising this, he stamped his own mar