【JohannStrausswasborninViennain1825．Althoughhisfatherdidnotwanthimtobecomea（61）___（music），StraussJuniorstudiedtheviolin（62）___（secret）asachild．Whenhisfatherdiscoveredhissonpractisingonaviolinon】

　　Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825．Although his father did not want him to become a （61）___（music），Strauss Junior studied the violin （62）___ （secret） as a child．When his father discovered his son practising on a violin one day，he gave him a beating，（63）___ （say） that he was going to beat the music out of the boy．But that didn't prevent the boy from becoming one of the （64）___（great） composers of all time．

　　He wrote his first waltz at the age of six．At nineteen，he decided to devote （65）___ （he） to music．He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour of Europe and soon became known（66）___ the Waltz King．The emperor of Austria was so （67）___（please） with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna．It was for these occasions （68）___ he wrote some of his most popular waltzes，among （69）___was the well-known favourite The Blue Danube．In all，the talented Johann Strauss （70）___ （write） more than 500masterpieces．