Political Influence and Twentieth-Century Identity
by
Zoë Alexis Lang
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
To this day, Johann Strauss, Jr remains one of the most popular composers in his native city of Vienna. In The Legacy of Johann Strauss, Zoë Alexis Lang examines how the reception of Strauss's waltzes played a key role in the construction of twentieth-century Austrian identity. Using press coverage...