Johann Strauss the Younger, Austrian Composer(1825-1899)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Johann Strauss II
• Known as: Johann Strauss the Younger
• Birth: October 25, 1825, Vienna, Austria
• Death: June 3, 1899, Vienna, Austria
• Language: German
• Who he was: Austrian composer; Gypsy Baron; Die Fledermaus; waltzes: "Blue Danube"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"

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