Two hundred years after the birth of Vienna's Waltz King, the fan frenzy around the composer is still going strong In Austria ... the country's unofficial national anthem - Johann Strauss II's ...
In Austria, the arrival of the New Year is always celebrated to the sounds of Strauss, and in particular the great swirling tune that has become the country’s unofficial national anthem ...
Very few countries have a national anthem written by a world-renowned composer. Exceptions include Germany, whose anthem Das Lied der Deutschen uses a melody written by Joseph Haydn, and Austria, ...