Talk:Johann Strauss I
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I know that Snr (or the elder) is probably more common than I to distinguish him from his son, but I've put him here because there are actually three Johann Strausses - III was the son of Eduard Strauss, and, while not a very well known figure, we might have an article on him one day. --Camembert
Was Strauss Jewish? It would be interesting to know -- Anon
- Johann Strauss the elder was half Jewish, as his father Johann Michael Strauss was a baptized Jew. This is documented in a register at St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, where J. M. Strauss' marriage to Rosalia Buschin was recorded. This is why the register was falsified by the Reichssippenamt (Reich Office of Genealogy) in Berlin during the Nazi era as it would have been impossible to suppress the very popular music of the Strauss family. --80.109.27.92 22:00, 24 October 2005 (UTC) (de:Benutzer:Wolfgang glock)
Even if this seeming polemic is true, it would make Johann Strauss I 1/4th Jewish, and certainly not identifying. There is often a trend emerging dedicated to finding some sort of Jewish roots to composers supported by the Nazi Regime; much of it is fantasy tales.
