Reveals how the culture and repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom permeated and intersected with other areas of musical life.

The repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom was highly influential in the broader histories of both social dance and music in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet m

A unique window on the world of nineteenth-century amateur music-making provided by the study of domestic musical arrangements of opera.

The music of the Strauss family – Johann and his three sons, Johann, Josef and Eduard – enjoys enormous popular appeal. Yet existing biographies have failed