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Johann Strauss I was an Austrian Romantic composer. He was famous for his waltzes, and he popularized them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to carry on his musical dynasty. He is perhaps best known for his composition of the Radetzky March.
Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was an Austrian architect, sculptor, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His influential book A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture (1721) was one of the first and most popular comparative studies of world architecture. His major works include Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, and the Austrian National Library in Vienna, and Schloss Klessheim, Holy Trinity Church, and the Kollegienkirche in Salzburg.
Abraham a Sancta Clara, German divine, was born at Kreenheinstetten, near Messkirch. His lay name was Johann Ulrich Megerle. He has been described as "a very eccentric but popular Augustinian monk".
Siliqua is a genus of saltwater razor clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae, the razor clams and jackknife clams.
The Corbiculidae are a family of clams in the mollusc order Venerida. They are known commonly as basket clams. The family name comes from the root corbus ("basket"), and was inspired by the concentric ribbing of the shells.
Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.
Mytilidae are a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, inhabits brackish or freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 genera.
Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder was an Austrian-Italian historical and portrait painter. He settled in the Russian Empire after the third and final partition of Poland, enticed by an extremely generous offer from the Tsar.
Fimbriidae is a family of saltwater clams. marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Lucinoidea. Some modern studies indicate that Fimbriidae should be included in the family Lucinidae. The family contains only one Recent genus, Fimbria, with two known species.
Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells (Solenidae), a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities.
Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 was written in 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. It is scored for a clarinet in A with a string quartet. It has a duration of approximately thirty-five minutes.
Discus perspectivus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.
Conus ziczac is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida.
Fimbria is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Lucinidae. Fimbria contains to living species, Fimbria fimbriata and Fimbria soverbii. Several other species are known from fossils.
Therese Megerle von Mühlfeld was an Austrian writer and translator who came to prominence, primarily, as a dramatist.
Persicula interruptolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.
