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Johann Strauss (or Johann Strauss son), one of Austrian music's most famous names who studied music secretly against his father's will, later became the leader of his father's band and the indisputable "waltz king"; his waltz 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube', is the main theme in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
He was born Johann Sebastian Strauss on October 25, 1825, in Vienna, Austria. His father was the composer Johann Strauss Sr. Young Johann Strauss studied music secretly with his father's first violinist in the Strauss orchestra. He was reprimanded by his father who wanted him to be a banker. He continued studies of counterpoint, harmony, and violin, and concentrated fully on a career as a composer at the age of 17, when his father left the family.
Young Strauss made his debut at the Dommayer's Casino in Hietzing, the upscale district of Vienna. He became the rival of his father and gained popularity performing with his own orchestra. He took the side of revolutionaries when Vienna was racked up by the bourgeois revolution of 1848. He publicly played La Marseillaise and was hauled up by the Viennese authorities. That caused him denial of position of the Hofballmusikdirektor (Royal Ball Music Director). His career continued after the death of his father in 1849, which allowed the merger of two Strauss orchestras under the baton of Johann Strauss.
Strauss took his united orchestra on extensive tours in Austria, Germany, Poland, Italy, France, and Britain. Russian Tsar Alexander II commissioned Strauss to play at Pavlovsk, the royal suburb of St. Peterburg. There was the opening of a new railway and a landmark concert hall for Russian aristocracy. Strauss also accepted commissions to play for the Grand Prince Michael in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1853, when the commissions became too much to be handled, his mother persuaded younger brother Joseph to take over the helm of the Strauss Orchestra. Strauss eventually toured and concertized to an exhaustion and was confined to a sanatorium to recuperate as he was suffering from neuralgia. He was married three times and had complications with the Catholic Church which refused to grant him a divorce. Strauss had to change his religion and nationality in order to get married to the woman he loved; he became a citizen of German Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. After that he became free to marry his third wife Adele, who encouraged his creative talent in his later years.
Johann Strauss was the most sought after composer of dance music in the second half of the 19th Century. His influence is felt in the music of the operetta maestro Franz Lehár and other composers. Among his admirers were Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss and other prominent composers. Strauss wrote Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), Wiener Blut (The Viennese Blood), and other popular operettas. His exquisite waltzes: The Blue Danube, Tales from the Vienna Wood, Man only Lives Once, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, and many other waltzes made Johann Strauss the indisputable "waltz king" of the 19th century. He died of pneumonia on June 3, 1899, in Vienna, and was laid to rest in the cemetery of Zentralfriedhof in Vienna, Austria.- Composer
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William H. Monk was born on 16 March 1823 in London, England, UK. William H. was a composer, known for Logan (2017), 28 Days Later (2002) and Drive Angry (2011). William H. died on 1 March 1899 in London, England, UK.- Lizzie Macnichol was born in 1864 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Opera of Martha, Second Act (1899). She was married to Charles L. Reitz and Louis R. Neumayer. She died on 12 August 1899 in Chocorua, New Hampshire, USA.
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Robert Lowry was born on 12 March 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Lone Ranger (2013), Aloha (2015) and Bad Girls (1994). He died on 25 November 1899 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA.- Alger was a writer of young adult novels, characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, in which impoverished boys rise from their humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age, an era of rapid economic growth from the 1870s to about 1900.
Since 1947, the 'Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans', based in Alexandria, Virginia, has bestowed an annual award on outstanding individuals in American society who have succeeded in the face of adversity, and scholarships to encourage young people to pursue their dreams with determination and perseverance.
He died with little money at his sister's home in Natick, Massachusetts, and his death was barely noticed. - Writer
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Adolphe d'Ennery was born on 17 June 1811 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for The Adventurer (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921) and Le sette spade del vendicatore (1962). He was married to Josephine-Clémence Lecarpentier. He died on 25 January 1899 in Paris, France.- Emile Erckmann was born on 20 May 1822 in Phalsbourg, Moselle, France. He was a writer, known for The Bells (1914), The Bells (1918) and The Bells (1911). He died on 14 March 1899 in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
- Emilio Castelar was born on 7 September 1832 in Cadiz, Spain. He was a writer, known for Isabel de Solís, reina de Granada (1931). He was married to Benita Guijarro y Gonzalo del Río. He died on 24 May 1899 in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.
- Visconde de Taunay was born on 22 February 1843 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Visconde was a writer, known for Inocência (1915), Inocência (1949) and Innocence (1983). Visconde died on 25 January 1899 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Guido Gezelle was born on 1 March 1830 in Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Poëzie in 625 lijnen (1956) and Will Ferdy's one man show '60 (1960). He died on 27 November 1899 in Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.
- François Félix Faure was born on 30 January 1841 in Paris, France. He died on 16 February 1899 in Paris, France.
- Catherine Parr Traill was born on 9 January 1802 in London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (2004). She was married to Thomas Traill. She died on 29 August 1899 in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.
- Karolina Svetlá was born on 24 February 1830 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Nemodlenec (1928), The Cross by the Brook (1937) and Kríz u potoka (1921). She was married to Petr Muzák. She died on 7 September 1899 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Garret A. Hobart was born on 3 June 1844 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Jennie Tuttle. He died on 21 November 1899 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
- Archibald Lampman was born on 17 November 1861 in Morpeth, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer, known for Morning on the Lièvre (1961). He was married to Maude Emma Playter. He died on 10 February 1899 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Charles Victor Cherbuliez was a Swiss- French author, playwright, literary and art critic and a member of the Académie Française. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of M. Andre Cherbuliez, a professor of Latin and Greek studies at the University of Geneva. Cherbuliez was the descendant of French Huguenots who had generations earlier fled to Switzerland to escape persecution. Cherbuliez would later gain his French citizenship through a Napoleonic era law that revoked the Edict of Nantes and allowed descendants of Protestant families who had left France to claim French citizenship. Cherbuliez attended schools in Geneva, Paris, Bonn and Berlin before returning to Geneva to Teach. Inspired by the literary style of George Sand, his first book, "Un Cheval de Phidias", was published in Paris in 1860.
He was the author of two five-act plays "Samuel Brohl" and "L'aventure du Ladislaw Bolski", along with a number of other works of fiction and non-fiction. A list of his best known works probably would include "Le Comte Kostia" (1863), "Le Peince Vitale "(1864), "Jean Têterol's Idea"(1870) "Samuel Brohl et Cie" (1877), "Samuel Brohl" (1879), "Noirs et rouges" (1881), "La Vocation du Comte Ghislain" (1888) and "Jacquine Vanesse "(1898). Cherbuliez published a number of works under the pseudonym G. Valbert.
Cherbuliez received the Légion d'honneur in 1870 and was elected to the Académie Française in 1881.
A popular quote of his that appeared in a number of American newspapers a century or so ago was; "My son, we should lay up a stock of absurd enthusiasms in our youth or else we shall reach the end of our journey with an empty heart, for we lose a great many of them by the way".
Charles Victor Cherbuliez died on 2 July, 1899 at Combs-la-Ville, a suburbs of Paris. - Pietari Hannikainen was born on 24 August 1813 in Sääminki, Finland. Pietari was a writer, known for Silmänkääntäjä - Eli Jussi Oluvisen matka Hölmölään (1965), Silmänkääntäjä (1962) and Silmänkääntäjä (1972). Pietari died on 27 September 1899 in Parikkala, Finland.
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Charles Nuitter was born on 24 April 1828 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Victor Frankenstein (2015), The Mysterious House of Dr. C. (1979) and Dr. Coppelius (1966). He died on 24 February 1899 in Paris, France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
W. Bleckyrden was born in 1854 in England. He was a cinematographer, known for Buck Dance, Ute Indians (1898), Branding Cattle (1898) and Wall Scaling (1897). He died on 23 January 1899 in Orange, New Jersey, USA.- John Augustin Daly was born on July 20, 1838, in Plymouth, North Carolina. He graduated from a public school in New York City. He worked as theatre critic for several New York newspapers during the 1850's and 1860's. At that time he was writing adaptations as well as his own plays. In 1869 he had his first success with his play 'Under the Gaslight'. In 1869 he became the manager of the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Then years later he built and opened Daly's Theatre in New York. In 1893 he opened Daly's Theatre in London.
Augustin Daly was an acclaimed acting teacher. He scouted aspiring actors and provided them with training and performing opportunities. Daly's troupe in New York was the starting point for some of the famous actors, such as Isadora Duncan, Tyrone Power Sr., Clara Morris, and others. Daly was also an avid reader and a book-lover; he assembled a valuable library, which was dispersed by auction after his death. Augustin Daly died on June 7, 1899, in Paris, France. - Music Department
Giovanni Bottesini was born on 22 December 1821 in Crema, Lombardia, Italy. Giovanni is known for Bottesini: Ero & Leandro (2011) and Kontrabass virtuos! (2023). Giovanni died on 7 July 1899 in Parma, Italy.- Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred was born on 15 October 1874 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK. He died on 6 February 1899 in Meran, County of Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Merano, South Tyrol, Italy].
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Karl Millöcker was born on 29 April 1842 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer, known for Der Bettelstudent (1936), The Beggar Student (1956) and Kaiserwalzer (1933). He was married to Charlotte Kling and Karoline Hofer. He died on 31 December 1899 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary.- Charles F. Coghlan was born on 11 June 1842 in Paris, France. Charles F. was a writer, known for Die Königsloge (1929) and The Royal Box (1914). Charles F. died on 27 November 1899 in Galveston, Texas, USA.
- Emma Hardinge Britten was born on 2 May 1823 in London, England. He died on 2 October 1899 in Manchester, England, UK.