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Joseph Strauss

Person · male · Austrian Empire · Mariahilf · born 1827 · died 1870 · recording since 1988

Austrian composer

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Also known as Josef Strauss · Josef Strauß · Josef Strauß · Joseph Strauss · Strauss, Josef · 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Debut: 1988
Release groups: 17
Timeline events: 10
Wiki language versions: 35

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Timeline

10 events▣ Album 7◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1

1820s
1. 20 August 1827 · Birth
  Born 1827-08-20
  source: wikidata
1870s
1. 22 July 1870 · Death
  Died 1870
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1988 · Debut release
  Debut release: Les Grands Moments – À Vienne
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. July 1993 · Album
  Album: Edition, Vol. 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. August 1995 · Album
  Album: Josef Strauss Edition, Volume 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. August 1995 · Album
  Album: Edition, Vol. 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. August 1995 · Album
  Album: Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 3
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. January 1997 · Album
  Album: Edition, Vol. 4
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. January 1997 · Album
  Album: Josef Strauss Edition - Vol. 6
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. April 1999 · Album
  Album: Josef Strauss Edition, Volume 17
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography478 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373823171

Biography

Josef Luckhardt Strauss I (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer.

Early life

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 choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. He studied music with Franz Dolleschal and learned to play the violin with Franz Anton Ries.
He received training as an engineer, and worked for the city of Vienna as an engineer and designer. He designed a horse-drawn revolving brush street-sweeping vehicle and published two textbooks on mathematical subjects. Strauss had talents as an artist, painter, poet, dramatist, singer, composer and inventor.

Family orchestra

He joined the family orchestra, along with his brothers, Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss in the 1850s. His first published work was called "Die Ersten und Letzten" (The First and the Last). When Johann became seriously ill in 1853 Josef led the orchestra for a while. The waltz-loving Viennese were appreciative of his early compositions so he decided to continue in the family tradition of composing dance music. He was known as 'Pepi' by his family and close friends, and Johann once said of him: "Pepi is the more gifted of us two; I am merely the more popular..."

Family life

Josef Strauss married Caroline Pruckmayer at the church of St. Johann Nepomuk in Vienna on 8 June 1857 and had one daughter, Karolina Anna, who was born on 27 March 1858.

Music

Josef Strauss wrote 283 works with opus numbers. He wrote many waltzes, including: Sphären-Klänge (Music of the Spheres), Delirien (Deliriums), Transaktionen (Transactions), Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb' und Lust (My Character is Love and Joy), and Dorfschwalben aus Österreich (Village Swallows from Austria), polkas, most famously the Pizzicato Polka with his brother Johann, quadrilles, and other dance music, and also some marches. The waltz The Mysterious Powers of Magnetism (Dynamiden) with the use of minor keys showed a quality that distinguished his waltzes from those of his more popular elder brother. The polka-mazurka shows influence by Strauss, where he wrote many examples like Die Emancipierte and Die Libelle.

Death

Josef Strauss was sick most of his later life. He was prone to fainting spells and intense headaches. During a tour in 1870, he fell unconscious from the conductor's podium in Warsaw while conducting his 'Musical Potpourri', striking his head. His wife brought him back home to Vienna, to the Hirschenhaus, where he died on 22 July of that year. A final diagnosis cited only decomposed blood. There were rumors that he had been beaten by drunken Russian soldiers after allegedly refusing to perform for them one night. A specific cause of death was not determined, since his widow forbade any autopsy. Originally buried in the St. Marx Cemetery, Strauss was later exhumed and reburied in the Vienna Central Cemetery, alongside his mother Anna.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

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Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	35	92.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	17	85.9th
Studio albums	9	90th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	10	86.7th
Recording span (years)	-118	4.7th
Genres	6	91th

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Discography (17 release groups · 9 studio albums)

Albums · 9

Edition, Vol. 1
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:28
1Kakadu-Quadrille, op. 2767:41
2Marien-Klänge, Walzer, op. 2147:41
3Etiquette, Polka française, op. 2082:35
4Thalia, Polka Mazur, op. 1953:29
5Gablenz-Marsch, op. 1592:46
6Angelica-Polka française, op. 1233:47
7Fantasiebilder, Walzer, op. 1517:41
8Moulinet-Polka française, op. 573:13
9Bauern-Polka Mazur, op. 106:09
10Wiegenlieder, Walzer, op. 1810:32
11Eislauf, Polka schnell, op. 2611:54
Josef Strauss Edition, Volume 2
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:46
1Schottischer Tanz, op. 203:00
2Fünf Kleebla'ln, Walzer, op. 448:25
3Sympathie, Polka Mazur, op. 735:49
4Diana-Polka (française), op. 953:11
5Amazonen-Quadrille, op. 1185:54
6Sturmlauf, Polka schnell, op. 1362:33
7Träumerei3:17
8Petitionen, Walzer, op. 1537:47
9Arabella, Polka française, op. 1674:15
10Stiefmütterchen, Polka Mazur, op. 1834:49
11Genien-Polka (française), op. 2054:29
12Tanz-Prioritäten, Walzer, op. 2807:17
Edition, Vol. 2
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:46
1Schottischer Tanz, op. 203:00
2Fünf Kleeblad'ln, Walzer, op. 448:25
3Sympathie, Polka Mazur, op. 735:49
4Diana-Polka (française), op. 953:11
5Amazonen-Quadrille, op. 1185:54
6Sturmlauf, Polka schnell, op. 1362:33
7Träumerei3:17
8Petitionen, Walzer, op. 1537:47
9Arabella, Polka Française, op. 1674:15
10Stiefmütterchen, Polka Mazur, op. 1834:49
11Genien-Polka (française), op. 2054:29
12Tanz-Prioritäten, Walzer, op. 2807:17
Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 3
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 59:59
1Avantgarde-Marsch, op. 143:02
2Mai-Rosen, Walzer, op. 348:34
3Caprice-Quadrille, op. 657:14
4Die Naive, Polka française, op. 773:53
5Die Lachtaube, Polka Mazur, op. 1175:34
6Assoziationen, Walzer, op. 1437:38
7Sport-Polka (schnell), op. 1702:05
8Flick-Flock-Quadrille, op. 1876:54
9Gnomen, Polka française, op. 2174:25
10Ernst und Humor, Walzer, op. 2548:46
11Ohne Sorgen, Polka schnell, op. 2711:54
Edition, Vol. 4
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:53
1Österreichischer Kronprinzen-Marsch, op. 591:55
2Vereins-Lieder, Walzer, op. 1987:30
3Wiener Leben, Polka française, op. 2183:07
4Schlaraffen-Polka (française), op. 1792:59
5Turner-Quadrille, op. 925:43
6La chevaleresque, Polka Mazur, op. 422:54
7Frohes Leben, Walzer, op. 2727:13
8Titi Polka, op. 152:44
9Genovefa-Quadrille (nach Motiven der gleichnamigen Oper vom Offenbach), op. 2465:58
10Freudengrüße, Walzer, op. 1287:32
11Jockey-Polka (schnell), op. 2781:41
12Ständchen5:37
Josef Strauss Edition - Vol. 6
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:02:15
1Victor - Marsch (arr. M. Rot.), op. 1383:00
2Die Industriellen, Walzer, op. 15810:24
3Tanz - Regulator, Polka francaise, op. 2383:37
4Carriere, Polka schnell, op. 2002:27
5Waldroslein, Polka Mazur (arr. M. Rot), op. 633:18
6Figaro, Polka francaise, op. 833:09
7Nilfluthen, Walzer, op. 27510:02
8Joujou - Polka, op. 233:09
9Musen - Quadrille (arr. Ch. Pollack), op. 467:46
10Causerie, Polka francaise, op. 1803:48
11Kronungslieder, Walzer, op. 22611:35
Josef Strauss Edition, Volume 17
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:59
1Die Sirene, Polka Mazur, op. 2483:21
2Sphärenklänge, Walzer, op. 23512:22
3Policinello-Quadrille, op. 214:41
4Verliebte Augen, Polka française, op. 1853:54
5Jocus, Polka schnell, op. 2162:05
6Perlen der Liebe, Conzert-Walzer, op. 3910:49
7Feuerfest!, Polka française, op. 2693:15
8Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Walzer, op. 16412:42
9Wallonen-Marsch, op. 413:17
10Tag und Nacht, Polka, op. 932:59
11Edelweiss, Polka Mazur, op. 1484:34
Famous Waltzes
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:08:18
1Sphärenklänge op. 235 (Waltz)9:10
2Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust op. 2638:28
3Rudolfsklänge op. 283 (Waltz)8:00
4Die Libelle op. 204 (Polonaisian Polka Francaise)4:48
5Lagunen-Walzer op. 4119:15
6Plappermäulchen op. 245 (Polka, Fast)3:19
7Gablenz-Marsch op.1592:46
8Delirien-Walzer op. 2119:41
9Kakadu-Quadrille op. 2766:26
10Theater-Quadrille op. 2136:25
Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 5
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:00:27
1Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein, Quadrille, op. 2235:33
2Die Marketenderin, Polka française, op. 2023:26
3Vorwärts, Polka schnell, op. 1272:41
4Geheime Anziehungskräfte (Dynamiden), Walzer, op. 1739:35
5Defilier-Marsch, op. 532:51
6Csikos-Quadrille, op. 375:48
7Huldigungslieder, Walzer, op. 2558:31
8Mignon-Polka (française), op. 893:34
9Die Gazelle, Polka Mazur, op. 1554:43
10Flammen, Walzer, op. 1019:26
11Maiblümchen, Polka Mazurka, op. 174:19

Album · 7

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1988	Les Grands Moments – À VienneSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:12:53 1Le Beau Danube bleu, op. 3149:46 2Pizzicato‐polka2:26 3Sang Viennois7:30 4Valse de l’Empereur9:42 5Dornbacher Ländler6:37 6Quintette en la, op. 114 D. 667 « La Truite » : V. Finale6:18 7Delirium Walzer, op. 2128:49 8Quator en la mineur, op. 29 D. 804 : II7:29 9Tyroler Ländler5:20 10Hirondelles d’Autriche8:56	Compilation	1988
2002	Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Erich KleiberSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 2:15:53 Disc 19 tracks · 1:08:09 1Symphony no. 5 in B-flat major, D 485: I. Allegro5:01 2Symphony no. 5 in B-flat major, D 485: II. Andante con moto8:28 3Symphony no. 5 in B-flat major, D 485: III. Minuetto, Allegro molto - Trio5:29 4Symphony no. 5 in B-flat major, D 485: IV: Allegro vivace5:23 5Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande9:34 6Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach14:36 7Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute5:22 8Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter - Sturm3:29 9Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm10:47 Disc 29 tracks · 1:07:44 1Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro5:33 2Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: II. Andante7:24 3Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: III. Menuetto. Allegro4:09 4Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: IV. Allegro assai4:48 5Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 nach alter Schelmenweise - in Rondoform13:43 6Concert Overture "Carnival", op. 928:55 7Sphärenklänge (Walzer), op. 2358:20 8Der Zigeunerbaron: Ouvertüre7:55 9Du und Du (Walzer), op. 3676:57	Compilation	2002
2005	Waltzes & PolkasSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:16:18 1An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 3148:24 2Wiener blut, op. 3547:34 3Pizzicato Polka2:38 4Kaiser-Walzer, op. 4378:32 5Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, op. 3259:44 6Perpetuum mobile, op. 2572:38 7Wein, Weib und Gesang-Walzer, op. 3334:08 8Leichtes Blut - Polka, op. 3192:21 9Sphärenklänge-Walzer, op. 2358:03 10Transaktionen-Walzer, op. 1847:59 11Delirien-Walzer, op. 2128:42 12Unter Donner und Blitz - Polka, op. 3243:04 13Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, op. 2142:31	Compilation	2005
2006	Cuentos de los Bosques de VienaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:05:11 1Overtüre, aus: "Die Fledermaus"8:12 2Die Libelle4:52 3Im Fluge1:55 4Intermezzo, aus: "Tausend und eine Nacht"6:44 5Auf der Jagd2:13 6G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald12:08 7Einzugsmarsch, aus: "Der Zigeunerbaron"2:57 8Romanze Nr. 14:02 9Sphärenklänge9:19 10Feuerfers3:00 11An der schönen blauen Donau9:49	Compilation	2006
2009	Valses Célèbres / Ouvertures / Les HébridesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:20:51 1Journaux Du Matin (Morgenblätter) Op. 2798:10 2Le Beau Danube Bleu (An Dem Schönen Blauen Donau) Op. 3148:11 3Valse de L'Empleur (Kaiser Walzer) Op. 4377:42 4Hirondelles D'Autriche (Dorfschwalben Aus Österreich) Op. 1647:37 5Les Hébrides (La Grotte De Fingal) Op. 269:36 6Il Barbiere di Siviglia7:07 7La gazza ladra9:20 8Il signor Bruschino4:37 9La scala di seta6:31 10Guglielmo Tell12:00	Compilation	November 2009
2014	Josef Strauss Meets OffenbachSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 58:16 1Fortunio-Magellone-Daphnis Quadrille, op. 1036:25 2Les Georgiennes Quadrille, op. 1685:30 3Blaubart-Quadrille, op. 2066:14 4Die Grossherzogin von Gerolstein Quadrille, op. 2235:30 5Genovefa-Quadrille, op. 2465:56 6Perichole-Quadrille, op. 2565:19 7Toto-Quadrille, op. 2655:18 8Kadi-Quadrille, op. 255:23 9Faust-Quadrille, op. 1126:03 10Crispino-Quadrille, op. 2246:38	Compilation	October 2014
—	Most Famous Waltzes, Polkas and MarchesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 2:18:50 Disc 112 tracks · 1:10:18 1"Blue Danube" Waltz, Op. 3149:27 2Pizzicato Polka2:33 3"Roses from the South", Waltz, Op. 3888:26 4Egyptian March, Op. 3353:54 5Emperor Waltz, Op. 43711:16 6"Village Swallows from Austria", Waltz, Op. 1643:46 7Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Op. 2142:48 8"Viennese Blood", Waltz, Op. 3548:29 9Persian March, Op. 2892:00 10"1001 Nights", Waltz, Op. 3468:23 11"Voices of Spring", Waltz, Op. 4106:09 12"Perpetuum mobile: Musical Joke", Op 2573:07 Disc 211 tracks · 1:08:32 1"Tales from the Vienna Woods", Waltz, Op 32512:00 2Auf der Jagd, Polka schnell, Op 3732:26 3"Du und Du", Waltz from Die Fledermaus, Op 3678:44 4"Thunder and Lightning", Polka schnell, Op 3243:23 5"Künstlerleben (Artist's Life)", Waltz, Op 3168:39 6"Treasure Waltz from Gypsy Baron", Op 4183:46 7"Wine, Women, and Song", Waltz, Op 3336:03 8"Bahn Frei (Fast Track)", Polka, Op 452:33 9"Sphärenklänge", Waltz, Op 2358:51 10"Accelerations", Waltz, Op 2348:59 11Radetzky March, Op. 2283:08	Compilation	—

Other · 1

Other release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	—	Le meilleur des valses de VienneSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:26 1Voix du printemps - opus 4105:45 2Le beau Danube bleu - opus 3144:06 3Rose du Sud - opus 885:50 4Journaux du matin - opus 3884:46 5Hirondelles d'Autriche (1er mouvement) - opus 1642:33 6Bonbons Viennois - opus 3174:30 7Chanson d'amour - La valse de l'Empereur - opus 1143:19 8La valse de l'Empereur - opus 4371:55 9Aquarelle valse - opus 2583:35 10Vie d'artiste - opus 3164:05 11Hirondelles d'Autriche (3ème mouvement ) - opus 1643:29 12Valse du trésor - opus 4183:25 13Où les citronniers fleurissent - opus 3644:36 14Accélérations - opus 2343:32		—

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Joseph Strauss metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	35	92.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	17	85.9th
Studio albums	9	90th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	10	86.7th
Recording span (years)	-118	4.7th
Genres	6	91th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
The Strauss Family(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josef_Strauss_%281827-1870%29.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9942ef92-91a2-46f7-aff4-32389df33c9e
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312941
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312941
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Strauss
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Strauss

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Wikidata: Q312941 · MusicBrainz: 9942ef92-91a2-46f7-aff4-32389df33c9e

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Timeline

1820s

Born 1827-08-20

1870s

Died 1870

1980s

Debut release: Les Grands Moments – À Vienne

1990s

Album: Edition, Vol. 1

Album: Josef Strauss Edition, Volume 2

Album: Edition, Vol. 2

Album: Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 3

Album: Edition, Vol. 4

Album: Josef Strauss Edition - Vol. 6

Album: Josef Strauss Edition, Volume 17

Biography

Biography

Early life

Family orchestra

Family life

Music

Death

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (17 release groups · 9 studio albums)

Albums · 9

Album · 7

Other · 1

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