The repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom was highly influential in the broader histories of both social dance and music in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet m

A unique window on the world of nineteenth-century amateur music-making provided by the study of domestic musical arrangements of opera.

A zesty biography reassessing the Strauss family's musical achievements within wider Habsburg society and its cultural life as a whole.

Reveals how the culture and repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom permeated and intersected with other areas of musical life.