Johann strauss's life

1March, 804, johann strauss was born. At that time, the midwife was delayed by the ice and snow. If it were later, the weak child would be isolated from the world.

The child's father, franz strauss, runs a small bar on the sandbar beside the Danube. Shortly after his second marriage, he floated on the Danube, and people speculated that he committed suicide.

John lost his mother at the age of seven. Now that his father has passed away, he has to live in that small hotel with his stepmother. In the future, the stepmother will surely die again. Fortunately, my stepfather Gold is a kind person, but he likes John very much.

At that time, musicians often walked the streets and performed in hotels. The Sound of Music opened up a spiritual paradise for John. Gold noticed the child's fascination with music, so he gave the child a violin as a gift on John's holy name day. This violin is not much better than a toy, but before long, John found that pouring some beer into the two F-shaped holes of the violin can improve its dry tone. At school, he always puts this violin under the table. During a short break, he will pick it up and pull it for a while. Because that violin always distracts him, his study is very poor.

/kloc-at the age of 0/3, the stepfather thought that children should learn some skills. He gave John to a binding machine. But John doesn't want to do this kind of work. He was crying and making noise, and his master put him in the storage room. The bookbinder's wife felt a little sorry for the unruly child and let John out when her husband was away. John grabbed his violin and ran away. He ran to Vienna forest. There are many hotels and inns there, and he believes that he can earn a living by his violin. John ran all day, overexcited and tired. Holding my beloved violin, I fell asleep on the grassy hillside.

Maybe it's a coincidence of fate. Hal Paulian, a musician, went out for a walk at dusk and found John sleeping here. The musician is interested in the toy violin, and he wakes up the children. Soon, the two chatted about music with great interest. John met his bosom friend for the first time. Paulian was so confident in the boy's talent that he promised to teach John for free. The musician persuaded John to go home and promised to intercede with his stepfather to let his children choose a career as musicians.

Under the guidance of the teacher, John mastered all kinds of violin playing skills with an almost natural talent, which soon exceeded the range that Paulian could teach.

At the age of 15, John became a violinist of Michael Palmer, the most famous dance company in Vienna. In Palmer Orchestra, John became friends with talented musician joseph lanner. Later, Lana formed her own small band, the viola player of John Xiaole Ren.

Their humble band can only perform in small cafes, and the pay is often not enough to make a living. Strauss is the youngest member of this small band. After every performance, he has to beg for food with a plate, which is really embarrassing.

Finally, bitterness is sweet. The combination of Lana's melodious timbre and Strauss' melodious rhythm made their works form a unique and charming style, which quickly won the praise of the public.

Of course, the success of the band depends largely on Lana's waltz. On some special occasions, Lana had to improvise a new tune. One day, Lana was ill, and he asked Strauss to lead the band in rehearsal.

"But what about the new music chapter?" Strauss said in surprise.

"Then you won't write a paragraph yourself?"

Strauss's first waltz was played in the name of Lana. The enthusiastic response of the audience to this piece made Strauss understand his work.

Soon, in the Vienna music scene, he tied with Lana.

Lanner's works are good at lyricism. Strauss's music is not as emotional as Lanner's, but it is usually more exciting. In newspapers and magazines, in cafes and even in the streets, people have been arguing about the artistic styles of these two composers. Because the public used to regard them as musical competitors, they gradually separated the two friends invisibly.

In the autumn of 1825, the open conflict finally happened. One night, two friends had a big fight. A scuffle smashed the cello and cello, and even the big mirror in the hotel was smashed to pieces.

A few days later, Strauss felt very sorry. He wrote a reconciliation waltz and dedicated it to Lana.

But Lana returned a "Dear Waltz" and also used an elegy as a prelude. Afterwards, Strauss left the band. Although the two composers admired each other's talents in private, they never met again.

By that time, Strauss had made a name for himself in Vienna, and naturally many frivolous girls courted him. Strauss has taken care of it. But a beautiful black girl, Anna Strom, caught Strauss' attention. Soon, they got married.

1825101On October 25th, their first child was born. At that time, if the young father could predict that his son's reputation would soon surpass his own, then maybe he would not let his son use his Christian name.

John pulled himself together after his successful career broke up with Lana. He keeps getting invitations to perform and is often at a loss.

With more and more invitations to perform, the Strauss Orchestra is constantly expanding and grouping. By 1830, the orchestra had developed into eight bands, employing as many as 200 musicians. In the evening, Strauss used to drive from one dance floor to another in a carriage, conducting a waltz, and then struggling to push through the crowd who admired him, jumping on the carriage and galloping away to another place. He won't get home until around 3 am.

A reporter from Leipzig wrote such a striking report for his newspaper that Strauss's reputation spread all over the Austrian border: "... there are many seats under colorful trees and arcades." People sit there eating, drinking, laughing and listening to music. The band played a fashionable waltz among them, which made people feel sad. On the podium, stood "Austrian Napoleon"-johann strauss. Strauss's waltz is to the Viennese what Napoleon's victory is to the French. If the Viennese had so many cannons, they would build a "Vendom Column" for him in front of the speer Ballroom.

"On the dance floor, men hugged their girlfriends tightly and danced to the beat. In a cheerful and warm atmosphere, they kept dancing, and even God couldn't stop them ..." After little Strauss, Anna gave birth to five more children, but Anna was not happy. Her husband didn't come home at night, not only because he was busy performing, but also because he was infatuated with a woman named Emily. Anna gave her husband an ultimatum, but unexpectedly, Strauss simply packed his things and moved to Emily's house. After that, except for the monthly living expenses of 500 guilders, Strauss almost broke off relations with his family.

/kloc-in October, Strauss began his trip to Europe. He broke the prejudice of stuffy Berliners with superb art, and then conquered Paris. When the orchestra came to London, the performance got off to a bad start.

However, at a court ball held in Buckingham Palace later, Princess Victoria, who was about to ascend the throne, took the lead in waltzing with Strauss' music, which was really the most powerful support for Strauss. After that, English gentlemen and ladies have no scruples. The orchestra left London to perform everywhere and finally achieved great success.

In the later stage of the British performance, many musicians fell ill, and Strauss himself was so ill that he almost died. He repeatedly begged the doctor to let him go back to China. Along the way, Strauss kept talking nonsense and was often in a coma. The doctor asserted that he was hopeless. However, Strauss finally arrived in Austria. Anna came from Vienna to meet him, so Strauss returned to his wife and children.

After Anna's careful care, Strauss gradually recovered. However, when he no longer needed Anna's care, he abandoned Anna again and went to Emily. Since then, Strauss has never set foot in his home.

As early as 6 years old, young Strauss played his own waltz on the piano at home.

Strauss was very uneasy about his son's musical talent. He banned all musical activities of his children. However, Anna is proud of her children's precocity in music. She quietly recorded the child's debut. Maybe from that day on, she began to imagine a plan to get back at her husband. She saved money from her meager family living expenses to hire teachers and give music lessons to her son, hoping that little John could challenge his father one day.

His father was not completely surprised that little Strauss entered the music industry. Many years ago, old Strauss occasionally came home and saw his son practicing the violin, so he beat him with a whip. From then on, old Strauss had doubts about his son and was deeply troubled. He asked his agent Hirsch to warn the major dance halls in Vienna that if someone received a performance by little Strauss there, the King of Waltz himself would disappear from that dance hall. Little Strauss was rejected by the major dance halls and had to go to an open-air concert in the garden of a cafe in the suburbs.

The nosy man told his father the news of little Strauss's rehearsal. In a rage, old Strauss announced that he would also hold a concert that night. But later, he learned that his concert tickets were not as popular as his son's tickets on the black market, so he canceled the plan to hold the concert. Old Strauss flew into a rage and finally fell ill.

Faithful Hirsch was very worried about the health of the father of waltz, so he came up with a dramatic plan.

He organized some people to make trouble at the concert of little Strauss.

It's time for the performance. People left the city early and flocked to cafes in the suburbs. A large group of people who didn't buy tickets gathered outside the venue, eager to squeeze in, so that the local government had to send mounted police to surround the cafe. In the arcade behind the garden, sits Anna Strauss, who seems to be praying for her son.

Like his father's first concert in Paris, little Strauss's first program of the day was an opera overture by French composer Ober, which seemed to follow a family tradition. Little John was not depressed by the sparse applause of the audience. He knew that people came here to compare him with his father as a composer.

Next, he played a waltz-"Mother's Heart", which was an ode to his mother by little Strauss. The wonderful music made the audience ecstatic, drowned the applause at the venue and drowned the boos of Hirsch and his party. People climbed into chairs and waved hats, shawls and handkerchiefs. Applause and cheers lasted for a long time. Another waltz, Poem of Reason, was repeatedly played for more than a dozen times at the repeated request of infatuated audience, which was really unprecedented.

To the confusion of the helpers, even Hirsch clapped and cheered happily. It is true that Hirsch is a friend of old Strauss and has economic interests in it, but he is more loyal to the art of music, and he cannot but express his heartfelt welcome to any real artist.

Finally, in the joy of success, little Strauss made a radiant gesture, asking everyone to be quiet, and the band played a soft movement again. When the soft music echoed in the night sky, the audience looked at each other and could hardly believe their ears. Isn't this the most famous waltz by old Strauss, Charming Songs on the Rhine? In the lyrical part of this piece of music, little Strauss added such tenderness ... As the music unfolded, the audience gradually understood the profound meaning of this episode. Playing his father's works is not only a tribute to his parents, but also a prayer for his father's forgiveness. This made the audience burst into tears, even men.

In the turbulent years,1March 848, a revolution broke out in Vienna. Like the whole city, the Strauss family is divided into two factions. The old Strauss sided with the royalists, while the young Strauss sided with the insurgents. Ironically, however, neither of them has any firm political beliefs. Father became a royalist only because he had carried out orders; And his son's position is only out of sympathy for some of his friends. These young people just want to get rid of metternich, the prime minister who monopolizes power, and let the Habsburg dynasty come back to implement constitutionalism.

In that turbulent day, both father and son hung up the title of composer and conductor of military orchestra. In order to boost the royalists' morale, Lao Strauss wrote many brisk military marches, the most famous of which was the Radsky March. However, little Strauss's works have been given revolutionary titles, such as March of Freedom, March of Students, Song of the barricade and so on.

The Vienna Uprising finally failed. But dramatically, little Strauss was welcomed by people; Old Strauss, on the other hand, was devastated, and many people expressed indignation at his support for the royalists. In despair, old Strauss left Vienna with his band to look for the worship of the masses in the past. However, this hope has also become a bubble. In Prague, Munich and Heidelberg, people opposed him everywhere and even received letters threatening and scolding him.

When he returned to Vienna, the political atmosphere had greatly eased. People no longer bear a grudge against old Strauss. His concerts are still popular with people. But old Strauss often seems upset and at a loss. In the next few months, he has been depressed and isolated, and his tenacity, enthusiasm and vitality, as well as his charming inspiration and anger, seem to disappear at once.

His attitude towards his son has also changed. Although he still has no contact with his son and his legal family, the resentment has disappeared. He even secretly felt proud of his son's musical achievements and longed to shake hands with him, but his stubborn self-esteem prevented him from doing so.

1On September 25th, 849, old Strauss was killed by scarlet fever. When the son heard the news, he found that his father's naked body had fallen to the floor from an empty cot. All the drawers in the cupboard have been ransacked, and Emily has swept away everything she can take away-even the pajamas worn by the deceased and the bedding on the bed.

Two days later, the coffin of old Strauss was carried to the solemn St. Stephen's Cathedral. Hundreds of people from all over Vienna came to pay their respects, and hundreds of bells in bell towers rang everywhere, and their cries echoed in the air. On the last leg of the funeral, members of the Strauss Orchestra unloaded his coffin from a hearse pulled by four dark horses, carried it on their shoulders, and sent it to the cemetery of Doblin Church in Carenborg. At that time, as a teenager determined to become a musician, he escaped from the book binding workshop and lay on this grassy hillside.