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Note that all lectures are in German
14.00 Welcome:
Eduard Strauss, Vienna Institute for Strauss Research (WISF)
Hermann Rauter, House of Strauss / Casino Zögernitz
Norbert Rubey, Vienna Institute for Strauss Research (WISF)
Presentation: Michele Calella, Department of Music, University of Vienna
14.30 Thomas Aigner (Vienna): Bookbinder – and violinist – Johann Strauss I’s apprenticeship years
15.00 Norbert Rubey (Vienna): Carl Fux – more than an orchestral musician
15.30 Interval
16.00 Marijana Kokanović Marković (Novi Sad): Reports in the Serbian press (1845–1847): ‘A garland of gratitude for Herr Johann Strauss the younger’
16.30 Thomas Aigner (Vienna): Souvenirs de Dresde – The aftereffects of the tour of Germany undertaken by Johann Strauss II in 1852
17.00 Susana Zapke (Vienna): ‘The French milieu’ and how it influenced the creative work of the Strauss family
Free admission and choice of seat, no registration required
Saturday, 14 March 2026, 09.30
Continuation of the Symposium
House of Strauss / Casino Zögernitz
1190 Vienna, Döblinger Hauptstrasse 76
Presentation: Susana Zapke, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK)
09.30 Leigh Bailey (Vienna): Maria Klenkhart: The wife of Eduard Strauss I
10.00 Margareta Saary (Vienna): The role of patrons in the network of Johann Strauss II
10.30 Johannes Prominczel (Vienna): Eduard Strauss I, mutual influences between his orchestra and the music lovers
11.00 Interval
11.30 Andreas Maurer (Vienna): From the ballroom to the newspaper: Johann Strauss II as reported by the press
12.00 Ingomar Rainer (Vienna): Johann Strauss II as seen by Eduard Hanslick
13.30 Midday interval
14.30 Wolfgang Dosch (Vienna) and his students at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw).
This will include a lecture on:
The singing inspirations for Johann Strauss II – Geistinger, Palmay, Girardi, Schweighofer and others
15.30 Interval
16.00 Christian Pollack (Vienna) and musicians of the orchestral ensemble Wiener Charme
Historical and musical survey:
On the 222nd birthday of Johann Strauss I
Selection of compositions by Strauss, Lanner and Pamer in the original orchestration for a small ensemble
Presentation: Norbert Rubey
17.00 End of the Dance Signals 2026
Free admission and choice of seat, no registration required
