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Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss
- Date of birth
- Date of death
- Age at death
- 73
- Place of birth
- Sankt Ulrich, Austrian Empire [now Vienna, Austria]
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire, Cisleithania
- Occupations
- conductor, composer
- Languages
- German
Biography
Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (German: Johann Strauß Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas, as well as a violinist. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet.
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph1871
- Knight of the Legion of Honour1877
- 4th class, Order of the Medjidie
- Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun
- Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
- honorary member1894
- honorary member
- Knight Officer of the Order of the Saxe-Ernestine
- Knight First class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Knight of the Order of Carlos III
- Order of Civil Merit
- Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class
- 4th Class Order of the Crown
- Ehrengrab
- Order of Franz Joseph
- Order of the Red Eagle
- Order of the Crown
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-27
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