- Born
- October 25, 1825
- Died
- June 3, 1899 (aged 73)
- Known as
- conductor, composer
Johann Baptist Strauss II, also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son, or simply Johann Strauss, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas, as well as a violinist. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, marches and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet.
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