Johann Strauss I

Johann Strauss I
1835 lithograph by Josef Kriehuber
Born
Johann Baptist Strauss I

(1804-03-14)14 March 1804
Leopoldstadt
Died25 September 1849(1849-09-25) (aged 45)
Vienna
Burial placeDöblinger Cemetery
Children14 including Johann

Johann Baptist Strauss I (/straʊs/; German: [ˈjoːhan bapˈtɪst ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (German: Johann Strauß Vater), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he popularized alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons—Johann, Josef and Eduard—to carry on his musical dynasty. He is best known for his composition of the Radetzky March (named after Joseph Radetzky von Radetz).

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