I. Strauss, Jo‧hann /straʊs, ˈjəʊhæn $ -hɑːn/
(1825–99) an Austrian
composer who wrote more than 400 waltzes (
waltz) including the very popular
Blue Danube and
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II. Strauss, Richard (1864–1949) a German
composer known especially for his
symphonic poems, his
operas, especially
Der Rosenkavalier (1911), and his
Four Last Songs (1948). One of his symphonic poems,
Also sprach Zarathustra (1895) was used in the film
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
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