Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825. His father, a well-known musician, was a strange and (36) man. He did not want any of his children to be musicians. He whipped young Johann because the boy insisted he wanted to study music. At last, Johann left his family (37) .He (38) over leaving the family because the wonderful music he always had with him at home was gone forever. The only good thing about the family separation, it seemed, was that young Johann would be free to study music. The dance called the waltz (39) from a peasant dance in three-quarter time. The waltz became popular in Vienna; so it was only natural that Johann would be (40) to it. The orchestra Johann’s father had directed was (41) to disband when the elder Strauss suddenly died. Young Johann (42) to take his father’s place. Most of the musicians questioned that a young man would expect to fill the shoes of a famous father. They did not take into (43) that the son already had an orchestra of his own which was becoming well-known. Finally, one of the members persuaded the others to let the two orchestras be combined. (44) Soon Vienna was paying tributes to the son. (45) , and his music is still played today. (46)