Synonyms:
Strauss, Johann_Strauss, Strauss_the_Elder
Meaning: Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
Synonyms:
Strauss, Johann_Strauss, Strauss_the_Younger
Meaning: Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
Synonyms:
Strauss, Richard_Strauss
Meaning: German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949)
Usage examples
So Jasper took the deserted post by the pillar, and whistled a Strauss waltz.
"Oh, Papa Fisher!" cried Polly with a merry peal in which Jasper, unpuckering his lips from the Strauss effort, had joined, "we must have looked"--Here she went off again.