Johann Strauss III

Johann Strauss III

Johann Maria Eduard Strauss III (16 February 1866 – 9 January 1939; German: Johann Strauß III) was an Austrian composer whose father was Eduard Strauss, whose uncles were Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss, and whose grandfather was Johann Strauss I. Born in Vienna, he was unofficially entrusted with the task of upholding his family's tradition after the dissolution of the Strauss Orchestra by his father in 1901. His talents were not fully realized during his lifetime as musical tastes had changed in the Silver Age with more popular composers such as Franz Lehár and Oscar Straus dominating the Viennese musical scene with their operettas, although his uncle, Johann Strauss II, supervised his development as a musician, a fact disputed by Eduard Strauss. Despite Strauss’ keen interest in composing, he was better remembered as a conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Strauss III has received more than 112,706 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johann Strauss III is the 587th most popular composer (down from 579th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Austria (down from 465th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Austrian Composer.