What is Karl Michael Ziehrer?
[[File:Ziehrerphoto.jpg|210px|thumb|Karl Michael Ziehrer]]'''Karl Michael Ziehrer''' (also spelled as '''Carl Michael Ziehrer''') ([[May 2]], [[1843]] - [[November 14]], [[1922]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]] of [[light music]] such as [[Waltz (music)|waltz]]es and [[polka]]s. == Biography == Ziehrer was born in [[Vienna]].<ref name=jssgb>{{cite web |url=http://www.johann-strauss.org.uk/composers/index.php3?content=ziehrer-short |title=Johann Strauss Society: Carl Michael Ziehrer |accessdate=2008-11-07 |publisher=Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain |archive-date=2008-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231162850/http://www.johann-strauss.org.uk/composers/index.php3?content=ziehrer-short |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was taught music by [[Simon Sechter]], a famous Viennese hat-maker. Ziehrer studied music at the Vienna Conservatory, and began his career as a conductor in 1863. He was also a [[bandmaster]]. He was one of the musical rivals of [[Johann Strauss II]], another composer of light music in Vienna. Some of Ziehrer's most well-known pieces of music are the ''Weaner Mad'ln'' and ''Wiener Bürger'' waltzes, and the ''Schönfeld March''.<ref name=jssgb /> Ziehrer died in 1922. == References == {{reflist|2}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziehrer, Karl}} [[Category:1843 births]] [[Category:1922 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian composers]]