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Show EDUARD STRAUSS DIES AT VIENNA BERLIN", Dec. 30, via London, 8:15 a. m. A Vienna dispatch announces the death of Eduard Strauss, the composer of dance music. Eduard Strauss was a member of a famous musical family. His father, Johann Strauss, was considered the most notable composer and conductor of dance music of his generation, and wrote 246 pieces of dance music in addiition to a series of comic operas. Eduard 's broth-er; broth-er; Joseph, was Known as the "Waltz rung, " and was the creator of 2S3 popular pop-ular waltzes. More than 200 pieces of dance music were credited to Eduard. Ho was conductor of court balls in Pet-rograd Pet-rograd for several years and visited America in 19O1-1O02. In recent years he had made his home in Vienna. He was 81 years old. |