Strauss
Blue Danube creator
Strauss is a German surname meaning "ostrich" or "bouquet," associated with several prominent figures in classical music.
Johann Strauss II, the "Waltz King," composed "The Blue Danube" and other Viennese waltzes.
Richard Strauss composed tone poems and operas including *Also sprach Zarathustra* and *Der Rosenkavalier*.
The name also belongs to Levi Strauss, founder of the jeans company.
Dance in three-quarter time
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- JohannGerman masculine name
Richard · Blue Danube · Salome · operetta · tone poem · lieder · Vienna Philharmonic · conductor
Austrian capital
- DanubeMajor Central European river
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- JohannGerman masculine name
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
coffeehouse · operetta · imperial · fin-de-siècle · Viennese · gilded · Austrian
waltz
Dance in three-quarter time
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
Johann · Richard · Blue Danube · Salome · operetta · tone poem · lieder · Vienna Philharmonic · conductor · score
Vienna
Austrian capital
waltz · coffeehouse · operetta · imperial · fin-de-siècle · Viennese · gilded · Austrian
Levi
Hebrew name, "attached"
- denimTough cotton twill
- blue jeansCasual denim trousers
- rivetsPermanent metal fasteners
copper · San Francisco · gold rush · workwear · 501 · miners · indigo · selvedge · Western · Americana
Blue Danube
Celebrated Viennese waltz
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- three-quarter timeBeats grouped by threes
- VienneseOf Austria's capital
dancing · glide · Johann · orchestra · gown · tuxedo · partners · ball · gala · graceful
- German ComposersBach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Wagner
- Austrian ComposersMozart, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler, Schoenberg
- Austrian musiciansMozart, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler, Bruckner
- European MusiciansBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- Austrian musicMozart, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler, Bruckner
StraussWagner
German Romantic opera composer
Schoenberg · twelve-tone · Beethoven · Mahler · Bruckner
StraussSchoenberg
Atonal method inventor
minimalism · Stravinsky · Philip Glass · austerity · silence
StraussJohn Dewey
Progressive pedagogy theorist
Karl Popper · positivism · historicism · progressivism · liberalism
- Levi StraussJeans company founder
- Johann StraussAustrian composer of waltzes