STRAUSS

Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Elder

(noun) Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)

Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Younger

(noun) Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the ‘waltz king’ (1825-1899)

Strauss, Richard Strauss

(noun) German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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