COMPOSER OF THE MONTH:
JOSEF STRAUSS
Josef Strauss (August 20, 1827 – July 22, 1870) was an Austrian composer.
He was born in Vienna, the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard
Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. He studied music with Franz
Dolleschal and learned to play the violin with Franz Anton Ries.
He received training as an engineer, and
worked for the city of Vienna as an engineer and designer. He designed a
horse-drawn revolving brush street-sweeping vehicle and published two textbooks
on mathematical subjects. Strauss had talents as an artist, painter, poet,
dramatist, singer, composer and inventor.
He was known as 'Pepi' by his
family and close friends, and Johann once said of him: "Pepi is the more
gifted of us two; I am merely the more popular..."
The reason I chose this composer for this month is because recently I heard his "Vaterländischer marsch" which he worked on with his brother Johann. It's very interesting because you can hear many famous melodies such as Haydn's Kaiserhymne, Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March, and Berlioz's Marche Hongroise. I also admire Josef's Feuerfest Polka.
Vaterländischer marsch:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBbMNmO4NvA
Feuerfest Polka:http://youtu.be/4Q9AK3_TLd8?t=11s
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