Definition of Strauss the elder

1. Noun. Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849).

Exact synonyms: Johann Strauss, Strauss
Generic synonyms: Composer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strauss The Elder

Strand
Strangelovian
Strasbourg
Strasburg
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Strategic Defense Initiative
Stratford
Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratfordian
Stratfordians
Stratocaster
Stratocasters
Strauss
Strauss the Elder
Strauss the Younger
Straussian
Straussians
Stravinskian
Stravinsky
Stravinskyan
Straw
Streep
Streisand
Streisand effect
Strekelia
Strekelia formosissima
Strelitz
Strelitzes

Literary usage of Strauss the elder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1884)
"For the last sixty years all Europe has danced to the music of waltzes by some member of the Strauss family ; by Johann strauss the elder, or Johann Strauss ..."

2. Austria of the Austrians and Hungary of the Hungarians by Leon Kellner, Paula Arnold, Arthur L. Delisle (1914)
"... was the conductor of a famous band, in which Johann Strauss the Elder (1804-1849) played the bass viol. They both composed waltzes Lanner. full of ..."

3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"Johann strauss the elder introduced the habit of giving names to waltzes, and it was at Vienna, under the Strauss family, Lanner, ..."

4. Old and New by Edward Everett Hale (1871)
"With John strauss the elder began the golden age of the Viennese waltz. One might fancy that he had possibly discovered Oberon's magic horn, ..."

5. The Musical World (1874)
"We can understand why composers of dance music so famous as Musard, Strauss the elder, Strauss the younger, Lanner, ..."

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