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Johann Strauss   /jˈoʊhɑn straʊs/   Listen
Johann Strauss

noun
1.
Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the 'waltz king' (1825-1899).  Synonyms: Strauss, Strauss the Younger.
2.
Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849).  Synonyms: Strauss, Strauss the Elder.






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"Johann Strauss" Quotes from Famous Books



... two men moved aside, conversed impolitely in hushed tones. I'm sick, he thought lucidly. One word reached him—oxygen. It all melted away again, into a black lake with ghostly swans, a painted mouth and showering confetti; one of the supreme waltzes that Johann Strauss alone could compose. Later a woman in a folded linen cap was seated beside him, a chimera. But she laid cool fingers on his Wrist, held a brownish, distasteful mixture to his lips. A draught of egg nog was better, although it wasn't as ...
— The Three Black Pennys - A Novel • Joseph Hergesheimer



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