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Johann Maria Eduard Strauss III (; ; 16 February 18669 January 1939) was an
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n composer whose father was
Eduard Strauss 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 ...
, whose uncles were
Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an List of Austrian composers, Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well ...
and
Josef Strauss Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now Vienna), the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to cho ...
, and whose grandfather was
Johann Strauss I Johann Baptist Strauss I (; ; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic music, Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, ...
. Born in
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, he was unofficially entrusted with the task of upholding his family's tradition after the dissolution of the Strauss Orchestra by his father in 1901. His talents were not fully realized during his lifetime as musical tastes had changed in the Silver Age with more popular composers such as
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and Oscar Straus dominating the Viennese musical scene with their
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s, although his uncle,
Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an List of Austrian composers, Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well ...
, supervised his development as a musician, a fact disputed by
Eduard Strauss 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 ...
. Despite Strauss’ keen interest in composing, he was better remembered as a
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. His only stage work, the three-act
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'' Katze und Maus'', composed in 1898, premiered in
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on 23 December 1898, at the
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. Its public reaction bordered on utter dislike, and music critics called for the distraught composer to reassess himself and to appear under a
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, in order not to tarnish the name of his famous relatives. He salvaged the music score and produced independent pieces of which the
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es ''Sylvanien'', Op. 1 and ''Leonie'', Op. 2 survived obscurity. Strauss also conducted from the
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in the style of the ''Vorgeiger'' and of his family. In 1903, he elevated the Strauss family to a new age of development when the Deutsche Grammophon AG of
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recorded his conducting of the Johann Strauss Orchestra on eight single-sided records of works by his family. Principally, he was the first conductor in the Strauss family to actively conduct works to be recorded by prominent recording companies. His later works, such as '' Dem Muthigen gehört die Welt'' (''The World Belongs to the Brave''), Op. 25, ''
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'' (''Under the Linden Trees''), Op. 30, and ''Krönungs-Walzer'' (''Coronation Waltz''), Op. 40 (the latter celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom), were also considerably more popular than his earlier efforts. He died in
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at the age of 72.


Works

*Sylvanien-Walzer, Op. 1 *Leonie-Walzer, Op. 2 *Comme il faut, Op. 3 *Rococo-Gavotte, Op. 4 *Empire, Polka-Mazur, Op. 5 *Schlau-Schlau Polka schnell, Op. 6 *Dragoner-Marsch, Op. 7 *Katze und Maus Quadrille, Op. 8 *Musette, Op. 9 From, Op. 10 to 23 is undiscovered. *Gruss aus Wien Walzer, Op. 24 *Dem Muthigen gehört die Welt Walzer, Op. 25 *Budapester-Polka, Op. 26 *Frisch durch’s Leben Galop, Op. 27 *Rosige Laune Mazurka, Op. 28 *Mit vereinten Kräften Marsch, Op. 29 *
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– Walzer, Op. 30 *Die Schlittschuhläuferin Walzer, Op. 31 *Wiener Weisen Walzer, Op. 32 *Mariana-Valse, Op. 33 *Im-Galopp, Op. 34 *Ludmilla-Mazurka, Op. 35 *In der Blütezeit Walzer, Op. 36 *Mit freudigen Herzen Polka, Op. 37 *Dichterliebe-Walzer, Op. 38 *Wilhelminen-Walzer, Op. 39 *Krönungs-Walzer, Op. 40


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