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Strauss

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Strauss  (strous, shtrous), Johann Known as "the Elder." 1804-1849.
Austrian violinist and composer of waltzes and other works, notably Redetzky March (1848). His son Johann (1825-1899), known as "the Younger," is sometimes called "the Waltz King" and is best remembered for his numerous waltzes, such as "The Blue Danube" (1867).
Strauss  (strous), Levi 1829?-1902.
American clothing manufacturer who developed heavy denim trousers and founded Levi Strauss and Company (1850).
Strauss  (strous, shtrous), Richard 1864-1949.
German composer known chiefly for his symphonic poems, such as Don Quixote (1897), and his operas, including Salome (1905).
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Noun1.StraussStrauss - German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949)
Richard Strauss
2.StraussStrauss - Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
Johann Strauss, Strauss the Younger
3.Strauss - Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
Strauss the Elder, Johann Strauss


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This is a poetical epitome of some of the scathing criticism of scholars which appears in the first of the "Thoughts out of Season"--the polemical pamphlet (written in 1873) against David Strauss and his school.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Her first literary work, growing out of the same interest, was the formidable one of translating the 'Life of Jesus' of the German professor Strauss.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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