Strauss composed not only the waltzes that practically have come to define the genre for the world, but was also a highly successful composer of polkas, marches, gallops, quadrilles, and other works, included the beloved operettas, Die Fledermaus, Die Zigeunerbaron, and A Night in Venice. Hundreds of works, in all. A typical Strauss waltz is not just one “tune,” although the public tends to remember the composition by the opening melody. Rather it is a series of waltzes—commonly five or six–chai