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Johann Strauss

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Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the 'waltz king' (1825-1899). Synonyms: Strauss, Strauss the Younger.

Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849). Synonyms: Strauss, Strauss the Elder.

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... two men moved aside, conversed impolitely in hushed tones. I'm sick, he thought lucidly. One word reached him—oxygen. It all melted away again, into a black lake with ghostly swans, a painted mouth and showering confetti; one of the supreme waltzes that Johann Strauss alone could compose. Later a woman in a folded linen cap was seated beside him, a chimera. But she laid cool fingers on his Wrist, held a brownish, distasteful mixture to his lips. A draught of egg nog was better, although it wasn't as ...

— The Three Black Pennys - A Novel • Joseph Hergesheimer

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