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Oscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works.
Mar 2, 2024 · Oscar Straus (born March 6, 1870, Vienna, Austria—died Jan. 11, 1954, Bad Ischl) Austrian composer known for his operetta The Chocolate Soldier. Straus studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin and became a theatre conductor in Austria and Germany.
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1870 - 1954. Oscar Nathan Straus was a Viennese composer of operettas and film scores and songs. His last name was originally 'Strauss', but he dropped the last 's' to avoid confusion with the Viennese musical family of the same name. He studied music in Berlin, before returning to Vienna.
May 8, 2018 · STRAUS, OSCAR (1870–1954), composer. Born and educated in Vienna, Straus also studied in Berlin with Max Bruch. In 1901, after conducting various theater orchestras in Austria and Germany, he became conductor at the satirical cabaret "Ueberbrettl" in Berlin.
Oscar Straus. Oscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's'.
Jan 6, 2015 · Born: 06-03-1870 Vienna, Austria. Died: 11-01-1954 Bad Ischl, Austria. Buried: Bad Ischl cemetery, Bad Ischl, Austria. Oscar Nathan Straus was a Viennese composer of operettas and film scores and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works.
Aug 4, 2020 · The cpo recording of Oscar Straus’ piano concerto and other orchestral rarities. In 1891, Straus, a great ‘fan’ of Offenbach’s music, and already a composer of cabaret style songs, went to Paris to study with Delibes, who died just a few days before Straus arrived.