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Composer, Conductor. A leading member of the famous Strauss musical dynasty. Although he devoted himself to dance music, he works show considerable emotional depth and formal invention. His brother Johann Strauss, Jr. once declared he was "the more gifted of us two; I am merely the more popular". Strauss was born in Vienna, the son of original "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Sr. He trained as a civil engineer at the Vienna Polytechnic and invented a horse-drawn forerunner of today's street-sweeping vehicles, which the city used for many years. But he had a natural affinity for music and liked to participate in the family orchestra as an amateur violinist. In 1853 he stepped in as the ensemble's conductor after Johann Jr. fell ill from overwork. Believing the job would be temporary, he composed a dance set under the title "First and Last Waltzes"; to his surprise it was a hit and he was obliged to write another set, which he ironically called "The First Waltz after the Last". After Johann recovered Josef stayed on as his deputy and helped supply new music for their repertory. He became co-conductor of the Strauss Orchestra in 1856 and principal conductor in 1863, taking them on several tours of Europe. Josef, nicknamed "Pepi" by his intimates, was the romantic of the Strauss family. He looked the part with his lean and haunted features, a consequence of lifelong poor health, and Viennese audiences adored him. His waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and other dances (nearly 300 in all) have a distinctive poetic quality and bear such names as "Music of the Spheres", "Love and Life", "Deliriums", "Voices of the Times", "The Mysterious Powers of Magnetism", and "Village Sparrows from Austria". He also collaborated on several pieces with Johann, including the well-known "Pizzicato Polka". His one serious concert work, the orchestral tone poem "Ode to the Night", was critically praised, but the score was lost and he did not live to pursue symphonic music further. In June 1870, during an engagement in Warsaw, he suffered what may have been a stroke and collapsed on the podium. His wife took him home to Vienna, where he died the following month. He was 42. Leadership of the Strauss Orchestra passed to Josef's younger brother Eduard. Originally buried at the Saint Marxer Friedhof, Josef was reinterred at the Zentralfriedhof in 1909.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Josef Strauss

Franz Borgias Strauss
1764-1816
Barbara Dollmann
1770-1811
Josef Streim
1775-????
Maria Rober
1775-1863

Josef Strauss
1827-1870


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    Birthday August 20, 1827

    • The temperature on August 20, 1827 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1827: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
      • March 7 » Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
      • April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
      • July 4 » Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
      • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
      • October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

    Day of death July 22, 1870

    • The temperature on July 22, 1870 was about 22.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
      • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
      • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
      • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
      • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
      • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
    

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