Josef Lanner (12 April 1801 – 14 April 1843) was an Austrian dance music composer who was best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to one that even the highest society would dance to and actually enjoy the waltz music as opposed to being just an accompaniment to the dance. He was just as famous as his friend and musical rival, Johann Strauss I who was better known outside of Austria because of his concert tours to France and England. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Viennese language is an East Central Austro-Bavarian dialect spoken mostly in the Austrian capital of Vienna. ... For a musical genre, see Waltz(music). ... Johann Strauss I Johann Strauss I (also known as Johann Strauss Snr. ...

Largely self-taught on the violin, Lanner joined a small string orchestra of Michael Pamer at about the same time as Johann Strauss I did, although he decided to venture into the music business himself and partnered with Karl and Johann Drahanek, forming a quartet that bore his name. The success of this string quartet led to its gradual expansion, and in 1824 Lanner was able to conduct a small string orchestra playing Viennese dance music. Such was the success of his orchestra that it was a regular feature in many Vienna Carnivals or popularly known in the local dialect as the Fasching. It was in 1832 that Lanner allowed his soon-to-be rival Johann Strauss I to deputise in a second orchestra that was formed that year to meet the busy schedule of the Carnival activities. Image File history File links Joseph_Lanner. ... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... Johann Strauss I Johann Strauss I (also known as Johann Strauss Snr. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnivàle Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Strauss I Johann Strauss I (also known as Johann Strauss Snr. ...

Already Lanner was fast gaining reputation at the end of the 1825 Carnival season and Strauss I was frustrated at having to deputise when necessary and as a result, his works were not getting the recognition he thought it deserved. In the same year, Strauss I parted company with Lanner after a concert at one of the Viennese dance establishments, 'Zum Schwarzen Bock' or the 'Black Ram'. Although many press reports stated a furious encounter between the two composers including a rumor that Strauss forcibly departed the orchestra with a few of Lanner's talented musicians, these remained largely unsubstantiated as Lanner had earlier dedicated a waltz to Strauss entitled Trennungs-Walzer, op. 19 also known as 'Separation Waltz' which indicated a decent level of goodwill and respect for the craft of the two composers. Further, Lanner and Strauss I worked together often despite having severed their partnership and have even given a benefit concert for their former employer, Michael Pamer who was taken ill in 1826 at the same establishment where they separated and Strauss and Lanner also accepted the award of the Freedom of the City of Vienna in 1836 and jointly took the Citizen's Oath. 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A benefit concert is a concert featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The music-loving Viennese however were championing both of these two popular dance music composers, and individuals generally identified themselves as 'Lannerianer' or 'Straussianer'. In fact, it was believed that the ruling Habsburg dynasty was anxious to divert its Viennese populace from politics and the revolutionary ideas that were feverishly sweeping Europe, with many cities preparing to overthrow any unpopular monarch. The answer would be to distract the population with music and entertainment, and the musical positions that Lanner and Strauss held were soon seen to be very important. Lanner himself was appointed to the coveted post of Musik-Direktor of the Redoutensäle in the Imperial Hofburg of which his primary duties were to conduct concerts held in honor of the nobility. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... Hofburg Neue Burg section, seen from Heldenplatz. ...

Strauss' popularity soon overshadowed Lanner in the early 1840s. Strauss was eager to undertake extensive lucrative tours abroad including England, whereas Lanner held on in Vienna unconvinced that the other nationalities were prepared to listen to Viennese music. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya;) Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

Lanner succumbed to a typhus infection that racked Vienna in 1843 and died on Good Friday, 14 April in the same year. The famous rivalry with Strauss I had ended and marked a period where the Strausses were to dominate the Viennese dance music scene for well over a half a century and also introduced an era of interesting and exciting development of the waltz and other popular dance music as Lanner was often seen as the conservative composer who rarely ventured into flamboyant styles of writing dance music as opposed to the influential Johann Strauss II much later. This is about the disease Typhus. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya;) Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Good Friday is a holy day celebrated by Christians on the Friday before Easter or Pascha. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... The Viennese language is an East Central Austro-Bavarian dialect spoken mostly in the Austrian capital of Vienna. ... Johann Strauss II The Waltz King coming to life in the Stadtpark, Vienna Johann Strauss II (or Johann Strauß Sohn - Johann Strauss son - or Johann Strauss the Younger, or Johann Strauss Jr. ...

Among Lanner's more popular works are the 'Pesther-Walzer' op. 93, 'Hofballtänze Walzer' op. 161, 'Die Werber' Waltz op. 103, 'Die Romantiker' Waltz op. 167 and the most popular 'Die Schönbrunner' Walzer, op. 200, the most famous of all waltzes before the 'Donauwalzer'. The last two waltzes were dedicated to members of the nobility as evidenced from the titles which was part of the nature of Lanner's position at that time. His 'Styrian Dances' (Steyrische-Tänze) op. 165 was also played occasionally at the Neujahrskonzert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The New Years Concert (in German Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert which takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria. ... The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in German: Wiener Philharmoniker) is the best known orchestra in Austria and one of Europes major ensembles. ...

He had a lesser-known son, August Lanner, who was just as musically gifted and prodigious. His daughter Katharina became a well known ballet dancer. Augustin Lanner (January 23, 1835 - September 27, 1855), sometimes known only as August, was an Austrian composer, the son of the better-known Josef Lanner. ...