A variety of other dances later came into similar musical importance, such as the galop, the polka, the polonaise, the redowa, the mazurka, etc.
The first of the Vienna waltz-makers was Joseph Lanner (d. 1843), who
organized a popular quartet and orchestra soon after 1820. His pupil Johann Strauss [Sr.] (d. 1849) formed another orchestra in 1826, with which in
1833-8 he toured through Europe. One of his three sons, Johann Strauss
[Jr.] (d. 1899), was the most celebrated of the whole series, beginning competition
with his father in 1844, and from 1871, after winning international
renown, writing many bright operettas. Among the numerous other workers in
the field were from 1834 Joseph Labitzky (d. 1881); from 1836 the Frenchman
Louis Antoine Jullien (d. 1860); from about the same time the Viennese
Philipp Fahrbach [Sr.] (d. 1885); from 1841 the Dane Hans Christian Lumbye (d. 1874); from 1843 the Hungarian Joseph Gungl (d. 1889) and
his nephew Johann Gungl (d. 1883); and from about 1847 the Hungarian
Kéler-Béla (d. 1882). In Paris the two most famous dance-makers were from
about 1820 Jean Baptiste Joseph Tolbecque (d. 1869) and from about 1835
Philippe Musard (d. 1859).
