Previous posts for March 15th may be found here: Colin McPhee (2019), Eduard Strauss (2020), Nicola Vaccai; Harry James (2021), Harry James (2022), Ben Johnston (2023), and Eduard Strauss (2024)
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Eduard Strauss (15 March 1835 – 28 December 1916) was an Austrian composer and member of the famous Strauss family.
Family Dynamics
While he found time to pen a few lovely waltzes, he stamped his own mark with the quick polka, known in German as the "polka-schnell". -- adapted from Wikipedia
Eduard Strauss's kith and kin
Had earned a valued place within
Old Vienna's social scene,
But Eduard Strauss was caught between
His father's and brothers' fame,
And when he sort to stake a claim
To something like his own autonomy
Within their family economy,
He found a niche in which to dwell,
And truth to tell, did rather well,
When breathless dancers bounced pell-mell
To Eduard's latest polka schnell.
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