museum chronicles his work and that of the entire strauss dynasty bannister music researcher how much reichen now is a co-founder he spent years studying the history of the strauss family which produced so many great musicians. the breakthrough came with johann strauss the elder around eighteen thirty he went on concert tours of england in france and caused a huge sensation with his waltzes. here hunched all so then his son also called johann perfected the form of the waltz. he'll say if his brother you also played a decisive part and together they expanded on the waltz for. many original documents obvious played in several rooms johann strauss the young no was born in eight hundred twenty five he composed nearly five hundred works. not far from the museum is the vienna stage opera the site of the annual opera bowl it traditionally opens with a viennese waltz. is on the feel good times three leony is waltzes dance especially often at vienna's ball. we have around four hundred fifty of these events a year practically every week except in july and august to boost me about a truce this time and