什麼是小史特勞斯
Strauss, Johann (Baptist), Jr.
奧地利作曲家。他的父親老約翰.史特勞斯（1804～1849）是一個自學成材的音樂家，曾在維也納建立起一個音樂的王國。作爲一名小提琴手，他從1819年起開始在一個舞蹈樂隊演奏，當該樂隊在1824年分裂爲兩部分後，小史特勞斯參加了第二組，並開始譜寫華爾茲、加洛普舞（galop）、波卡舞（polka）和卡德利爾舞（quadrille），總共發表了兩百五十多部作品。作爲當地樂團的指揮，他還寫了一些進行曲，包括《拉特斯基進行曲》。在他離開家後（1842），他的知名度和作曲量很快超過了父親，成爲着名的「圓舞曲之王」。他後來勸服弟弟約瑟夫（1827～1870）和愛德華（1835～1916）來接替他的指揮職務，因此贏得了更多的創作時間，譜寫他最着名的交響華爾茲，包括《藍色多瑙河》（1867）和《維也納森林的故事》（1868）。小歌劇有廣受歡迎的《蝙蝠》（1874）和《吉普賽男爵》（1885）。愛德華的兒子約拿（1866～1939）也曾在柏林擔任指揮和作曲，是這個音樂家族最後一名成員。
1825～1899年
Strauss, Johann (Baptist), Jr.
Austrian composer. His father, Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804-1849), was a self-taught musician who established a musical dynasty in Vienna. A violinist, he played in a dance orchestra from 1819; when it split in two (1824), he took over the second group, for which he began to write waltzes, galops, polkas, and quadrilles, eventually publishing more than 250 works. As bandmaster of a local regiment, he also wrote marches, including the Radetsky-March. After he left his family (1842), Johann Jr. soon surpassed his father's popularity and productivity, becoming known as the “Waltz King.” By inducing his brothers, Josef (1827-1870) and Eduard (1835-1916), to take over his conducting duties, he gained more time to compose the symphonic waltzes for which he is best known, including The Beautiful Blue Danube (1867) and Tales from the Vienna Woods (1868). His operettas include the popular Die Fledermaus (1874) and The Gypsy Baron (1885). Eduard's son Johann (1866-1939), a conductor and composer in Berlin, was the last of the dynasty.
