Johann Strauss (1825-1899) founded early on his own dance band, with whom he performed for the first time in Hietzing in 1844. As a consequence he undertook as the "Waltz King" grand concert tours and was celebrated from America to Russia. Among his most famous waltzes are "Blue Danube", "Wiener Blut", and "Emperor Waltz"



Besides the composition of waltzes he dedicated himself from 1871 on increasingly to operettas (Carnival in Rome (1873), "Die Fledermaus" (1874), "The Gypsy Baron" (1885)).