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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Johann Strauß, younger born Vienna, Oct 25, 1825; died Vienna, June 3, 1899 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Austrian composer, nicknamed the "Waltz King"; also conductor and violinist. He composed a large amount of dance music, including quadrilles, galops, and marches, but is best known for his waltzes, such as An der schönen blauen Donau (Blue Danube Waltz) and Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald (Tales of the Vienna Woods). Of equal importance were his many operettas, of which Die Fledermaus (1874) and Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gipsy Baron) (1885) are among the most famous. Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 11/42, [19] Handwritten letter from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated October 11, 1894 Harden rebuffs accusations by Schenker that seem to involve a delay in Harden's response to a submission that Schenker hopes to move to another publication, and he accuses Schenker of reneging on a promise to write about [Johann] Strauss's operetta Jabuka. OJ 11/42, [21] Handwritten letter from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated November 24, 1894 Harden encourages Schenker to write articles on the string quartet and on [Johann] Strauß and Humperdinck, but not on Brahms. — He explains why he lost his temper with Schenker in an earlier letter (see OJ 11/42, [19]). — He urges Schenker to procure some corresondence between Rosenthal and Rubenstein for publication in Die Zukunft; and he casts aspersion on Die Zeit. WSLB 302 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), May 18, 1919 Schenker reminds Hertzka of Hans Weisse's doctoral dissertation, Der Kunstwalzer, and recommends it for publication. He laments, in provocatively vulgar language, that the Viennese have become subservient to the French. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 27 April 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 8 October 1916 Diary entry by Schenker for 8 May 1918 Diary entry by Schenker for 9 January 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 28 January 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 28 February 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 21 March 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 31 March 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 30 September 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 13 October 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 October 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 5 November 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 12 November 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 15 November 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 27 November 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 14 December 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 16 December 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 28 December 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 February 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 13 February 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 29 March 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 15 October 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 3 January 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 3 February 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 17 May 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 3 June 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 29 September 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 2 October 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 10 November 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 15 November 1929 Diary entry by Schenker for 1 January 1930 Diary entry by Schenker for 28 January 1930 Diary entry by Schenker for 10 February 1930 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 March 1930 Diary entry by Schenker for 26 November 1930 Diary entry by Schenker for 25 December 1930 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 May 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 15 August 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 6 November 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 December 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 10 January 1932 Diary entry by Schenker for 23 June 1933 Diary entry by Schenker for 20 July 1934 Diary entry by Schenker for 6 December 1934