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Josef Strauss

1827 - 1870

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Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Strauss has received more than 215,829 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Josef Strauss is the 118th most popular composer (up from 158th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Austria (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Composer.

Josef Strauss was a German composer and violinist. He is most famous for his waltzes.

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  • 220k

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  • 67.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Josef Strauss ranks 118 out of 1,216. Before him are Giulio Caccini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Manuel de Falla, Max Bruch, Zoltán Kodály, and Arthur Honegger. After him are Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Anton Rubinstein, György Ligeti, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Domenico Cimarosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Josef Strauss ranks 3. Before him are Johanna Spyri and Arnold Böcklin. After him are Ellen G. White, Joseph Lister, Heonjong of Joseon, Francisco Solano López, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Marcellin Berthelot, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jyotirao Phule, and John Hanning Speke. Among people deceased in 1870, Josef Strauss ranks 5. Before him are Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Robert E. Lee, and Prosper Mérimée. After him are Comte de Lautréamont, Frédéric Bazille, Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Ferdinand von Wrangel.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Josef Strauss ranks 106 out of 1,237. Before him are Alma Mahler (1879), Maximilian Schell (1930), Paula Hitler (1896), Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), and Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643). After him are Hans Asperger (1906), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Victor Francis Hess (1883), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Saint Florian (250), and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Josef Strauss ranks 13. Before him are Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Carl Czerny (1791), Alban Berg (1885), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), and Alma Mahler (1879). After him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Eduard Strauss (1835), Michael Haydn (1737), Ludwig Minkus (1826), and Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871).

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