Johann Strauss wasAustrian composer of light music，particularly dance music and operettas (轻歌剧). He was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father didn't want him(become) a musician, Strauss studied the violin(secret) when he was a child. When his father discovered his son was practicing on a violin one day, he gave him a beating, (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn't prevent the boy from becoming one of the greatest(composer) of all time. He wrote his first waltz at six. At the age of 19, he decided to devote himself to(write) music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour to Europe and soon became famous. The emperor of Austria was so(please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions that he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, amongwas the wellknown favoriteTheBlueDanube. In all，the talented Johann Strauss wrote more than 500 masterpieces. In his lifetime, he was knownthe Waltz King, and was largely responsible for the(popular) of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.
