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father's wishes, and went on to study music with the composer Joseph Drechsler and the violin with Anton
Kollmann, the ballet répétiteur of the Vienna Court Opera. Strauss had two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard
Strauss, who became composers of light music as well, although they were never as well known as their elder
brother.
Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include The Blue Danube, KaiserWalzer, Tales from the Vienna
Woods, the TritschTratschPolka, and the Pizzicato Polka. Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der
Zigeunerbaron are the best known.