Johann Strauss black plaque

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# The Waltz Master's London Gateway Standing on Leicester Street and gazing up at this modest plaque, you're witnessing the threshold where Johann Strauss the Elder first set foot on English soil in April 1838—a pivotal moment that would transform his reputation from a celebrated Viennese musician ...

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Leicester Street

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Johann Strauss 1st 1804-1849 Father of the Waltz Dynasty and Composer of the "Radetzky March" lodged here (formerly hotel du Commerce) on his first visit to England in April 1838