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GENERAL TOPIC
Friday March 13. 2026, 14.00
Symposium
House of Strauss / Casino Zögernitz
1190 Wien, Döblinger Hauptstraße 76
14.00 welcome-speeches
Eduard Strauss, Wiener Institut für Strauss-Forschung (WISF)
Hermann Rauter, House of Strauss / Casino Zögernitz
Norbert Rubey, Vienna institute of Strauss-research (WISF)
Moderation: Michele Calella, Institut füt Musikwissenschaft der Universität Wien
14.30 Thomas Aigner (Wien): Buchbinder und Geiger dazu – Johann Strauss Vaters Lehrjahre
15.00 Norbert Rubey (Wien): Carl Fux – mehr als ein Orchestermusiker
15.30 Pause
16.00 Marijana Kokanović Marković (Novi Sad): Im Spiegel der serbischen Presse (1845–1847): „Kranz der Dankbarkeit für Herrn Johann Strauss den Jüngeren“
16.30 Thomas Aigner (Wien): Souvenirs de Drèsde – Nachwirkungen der Deutschland-Tournee von Johann Strauss (Sohn) 1852
17.00 Susana Zapke (Wien): „Das französische Milieu“ und seine Einflüsse auf das Schaffen der Familie
Free entrance; free seating; no registration required
Samstag, 14. März 2026, 09.30 Uhr
Continuation of the Symposium
House of Strauss / Casino Zögernitz
1190 Wien, Döblinger Hauptstraße 76
Moderation: Susana Zapke, Musik und Kunst Privat-Universität der Stadt Wien (MUK)
09.30 Leigh Bailey (Wien): Maria Klenkhardt: Die Ehefrau von Eduard Strauss I.
10.00 Margareta Saary (Wien): Mäzenatentum im Netzwerk des Johann Strauss (Sohn)
10.30 Johannes Prominczel (Wien): Eduard Strauss, seine Kapelle und die Musikfreunde. Wechselseitiges Wegbereiten
11.00 Pause
11.30 Andreas Maurer (Wien): Vom Ballsaal ins Feuilleton: Johann Strauss (Sohn) im Spiegel der Presse
12.00 Ingomar Rainer (Wien): Johann Strauss (Sohn) in der Wahrnehmung von Eduard Hanslick
12.30 Lunch-break
14.30 Wolfgang Dosch (Wien) und seine Studierenden an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (mdw):
Vortrag zum Thema:
Die singenden Inspirationen für Johann Strauss (Sohn) – Geistinger, Palmay, Girardi, Schweighofer u. a.
15.30 Pause
16.00 Christian Pollack (Wien) und Musiker des Orchesterensembles „Wiener Charme“:
Historisch-musikalische Enquete:
Johann Strauss (Vater) zum 222. Geburtstag
Auswahl aus seinen, Lanners und Pamers Werken in originalen kleinen Besetzungen
Moderation: Norbert Rubey
17.00 Ende der Tanz-Signale 2026
Free entrance; free seating; no registration required
Who were all the people behind the unique successes of the Strauss family of musicians in Vienna? For entertainment music in Vienna in the nineteenth century musical talents alone were not enough, definitely not for the way the whole world has been reached and long-lasting success achieved for the music of the Strausses for nearly two hundred years. Three generations of the family created some 1,600 pieces of music, as well as organising and performing innumerable concerts for tours in Austria and abroad, from Russia to America.
There is very little known generally about those who helped to build up over these worldwide careers, even among musicologists and, unfortunately, in university departments at home and abroad, although there have recently been indications that Strauss research is now accepted in these circles.
Hardly anyone knows the names of those who paved the way for the Strauss family. Who knows who was working behind the scenes for Strauss & Co. or was even pulling the levers? If you mention their names, there are many ‘friends of Strauss’, and even some scholars, who will deny the names mean real people, because nobody wants to undermine the monument, let alone knock it down.
But honour to those who deserve it.
Johann Strauss I developed a business model which his sons Johann, Josef and Eduard had to take over and continue to develop. To what extent does this recipe for success still work today?
It is necessary to demonstrate how successful teamwork developed in the field of entertainment music in the nineteenth century. It produced models which can still be practised and developed further. Strauss music continues to be effective when it lives on its authenticity – less so in connection with fashions that come and go. That is why attention must be paid to those who paved the way for the fame of the Strauss dynasty. What did they contribute?
Norbert Rubey
English translation: Leigh Bailey