Wherein lies this originality that entitles the name of Strauss to
so prominent a place in musical history? It lies partly in the
individuality of their style and ideas; but still more in their having
succeeded in making the waltz the most popular form of modern dance-music
throughout the civilized world, and in the creation of a new style of
operetta, or comic opera. In the first of these achievements all the
members of the Strauss family have coöperated, while in the last the
credit belongs to the second Johann alone.
[Illustration: Simple--Valse