Alas!
When this composer's stepdaughter asked Johannes Brahms to sign her autograph fan, Brahms wrote down the first bars of one of this man's compositions with the inscription "Alas! Not by Johannes Brahms." One of his characteristic pieces contains a lugubrious melody in the strings and brass answered by four staccato wind chords. One of this composer's typical pieces was originally titled "Hand in Hand" and meant as a toast to the friendship between Franz Josef and (*) Wilhelm II. This composer wrote that contains a prominent part for zither and evokes the folk songs of the title forest region. He also wrote a dance evoking a Viennese river. For 10 points, name this man whose compositions Kaiser-Walzer, Tales from the Vienna Woods, and The Blue Danube earned him the nickname "The Waltz King."
When this composer's stepdaughter asked Johannes Brahms to sign her autograph fan, Brahms wrote down the first bars of one of this man's compositions with the inscription "
Johann Strauss II [or Johann Baptist Strauss; or Johann Strauss, Jr.; or Johann Strauss the Younger; or Joseph Strauss the Son; correct answers require J. Strauss and something denoting "younger"; prompt on partial answer]