Johann II Strauss

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 was the son of composer Johann Strauss I. He 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.

Strauss was diagnosed with Pleura-pneumonia, and on 3 June 1899 he died in Vienna at the age of 73.