Strauss is an ambiguous catalogue heading, most often pointing in this store toward the Viennese Strauss family, especially Johann Strauss II. Related pages also exist for Strauss J, Strauss Josef and Strauss R.

The Strauss family wrote waltzes, polkas, marches, quadrilles and operettas that became central to Viennese light music. Johann Strauss II remains the most famous member, with The Blue Danube and Die Fledermaus among his landmarks.

The Strauss style is graceful, rhythmically buoyant and built for public pleasure, but its polish depends on exact pacing and orchestral control. It turns dance into theatre.

This page is therefore best treated as a broad Strauss-family cross-reference rather than a single definitive biography. The name carries a whole ballroom behind it.