Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825. His father, a well-known musician, (15)____________________He did not want any of his children to be musicians. He whipped young Johann because the boy insisted he wanted to study music. At last, Johann (16) _____________________________________.He(17)___________________________because the wonderful music he always had with him at home was gone forever. The only good thing about the family separation, it seemed, was that young Johann would be free to study music.
The dance called the waltz (18) _____________________________________in three-quarter time. The waltz became popular in Vienna, so it was only natural that Johann (19) _____________________________________.
The orchestra Johann’ s father had directed was prepared to disband when the elder Strauss suddenly died. Young Johann (20) _____________________________.Most of the musicians questioned that a young man would expect to (21) _____________________________________.They did not take into consideration that the son already had an orchestra of his own which was becoming well-known. Finally, one of the members persuaded the others to let the two orchestras be combined. Their first performance (22) ________________________________ played in his father’s honor.
Soon Vienna (23) _____________________________________ .He wrote such famous waltzes as Tales from the Vienna Woods and The Beautiful Blue Damube, and his music is still played today. His waltzes are (24)_____________________________________when Strauss first wrote them.