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Oscar Straus (6 March 1870 - 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas.
Jump to: navigation, search A Waltz Dream (or better known in German as Ein Walzertraum) is an operetta written by Oscar Straus which received its premiere on 3 March 1907 at the Carl-Theater in Vienna.
The Chocolate Soldier is an operetta by Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaws 1894 Arms and the Man....
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 Strauss - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In German-speaking cultures, Strauß (the German word for ostrich) is a common surname, and Strauss and Straus are less common ones.
Ida Straus, died in the sinking of the Titanic, wife of Isadore
Oscar Straus (1870 - 1954), Austrian composer of operettas
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 Oscar Straus (composer) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oscar Straus (6 March 1870 - 11 January 1954) was a (Click link for more info and facts about Viennese) Viennese composer of (A short amusing opera) operettas.
He studied music in (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) Berlin under (German composer (1838-1920)) Max Bruch, and became an orchestral conductor, working at the Überbrettl cabaret.
In 1939 he moved to (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris and went on to (The film industry of the United States) Hollywood to write film music.
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 Oscar Straus --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Straus studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin and became a theatre conductor in Austria and Germany.
The Oscar is the traditional name for the Academy Awards of Merit, gold-plated statuettes that are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in acting, directing, and other activities in films released during the previous calendar year.
Oscar Soares Filho Niemeyer was born on Dec. 15, 1907, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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 'S' ENTRIES - Page 11 on the COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Straus enjoyed a brief career as conductor but then turned entirely to musical composition.
They engaged Stromberg to compose and direct for upcoming burlesques they were intending to produce in their own theater.
In 1935-1936, Kay worked as staff composer at New York's famed 'Radio City Music Hall', and during 1939, she was Supervisor of Music for the 'New York World's Fair'.
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Straus, Oscar @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
STRAUS, OSCAR [Straus, Oscar], 1870-1954, Austrian composer; studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin.
His operas and instrumental works are eclipsed by his successful operettas, particularly A Waltz Dream (1907) and The Chocolate Soldier (1908; based on G. Shaw's Arms and the Man).
During the early 1930s Straus wrote scores for films in Hollywood.
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 OSCAR STRAUS - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
After a brief career as conductor, the Austrian composer turned entirely to composition.
He composed operas, instrumental works and operettas, including A Waltz Dream (1907) and The Chocolate Soldier (1908).
Straus also wrote scores for Hollywood, including Ernest Lubitsch's The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) and The Chocolate Soldier, which was nominated for a 1941 Academy Award for Best Score.
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During the same period he was active as a composer of stage works and a good deal of salon music.
He was conducting in Berlin when, in 1900, he was engaged as pianist and composer in the newly founded Uberbrettl cabaret, and he enjoyed his first popular successes with songs such as Die Musik kommt and Der lustige Ehemann.
Straus composed much cheerful, lilting music in the Viennese operetta style, eminently piquant and charming without ever matching Lehar's passion and sensuousness.
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 Adventures In 3/4 Time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It was certainly not because he was unaware of those wars or because he did not recognize their significance; they had profoundly affected his own life as well as the lives of those around him.
Both Stolz and Straus were masters of the Viennese waltz, which is certainly the most versatile and influential dance form in the history of music.
The first great composers to grasp the potentials of the waltz as artistic expression rather than part of an athletic activity were Beethoven and Schubert.
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 A WAR MARCH by C.J. Dennis (1876 - 1938)
Oscar Straus, the well-known Austrian composer, has been commissioned by the Kaiser to write a new imperial march inspired by the war.
It is to begin with a funeral note, and to end with one of triumph.
Straus has been promised the Order of the Red Eagle on completion of the work.
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 Oscar Straus - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Oscar Straus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oscar Straus - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Oscar Straus.
Here you will find more informations about Oscar Straus.
The orginal Oscar Straus article can be editet
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 Oscar Solomon Straus --  Encyclopædia Britannica
A brother of Nathan Straus, the philanthropist and owner of R.H. Macy and Company, a New York City department store, Oscar Straus represented the United States in Constantinople (now Istanbul) on two missions…
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British pianist who was admired for his technical skill, his poetic interpretations, and his meticulous sense of pacing.
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 Music, Composition, Composers, Straus: Oscar
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 Make a Wish
The songs are by noted operetta composer Oscar Straus (1870-1954) (best known for The Chocolate Soldier and The Last Waltz), with lyrics by Louis Alter and future multiple-Oscar-winner Paul Francis Webster.
While at camp, he befriends composer John Seldon (Basil Rathbone), who lives across the lake stymied with an idea for his latest operetta.
As Seldon and Irene begin to fall in love, he composes the operetta with her as his muse (“Music In My Heart”).
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 AllRefer.com - Oscar Straus (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Oscar Straus, Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies
Oscar Straus[Os´kAr shtrous] Pronunciation Key, 1870–1954, Austrian composer; studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin.
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 Straus, Oscar on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
(ôs´kär shtrous), 1870-1954, Austrian composer; studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin.
Roger W. Straus Jr., co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishers, dies at 87
Publisher apologises to mayor over allegation in 'Positively Fifth Street'.(Farrar, Straus and Giroux apologizes to Las Vegas Mayor)(Brief Article)
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 Flags Lowered, Memories Raised (washingtonpost.com)
He was a career diplomat who served as the secretary of commerce and labor under President Theodore Roosevelt.
There's a fountain that trumpets the accomplishments of composer Oscar S. Straus.
In the courtyard is a modern sculpture resembling an enormous shoe.
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 Oscar Wright records
Oscar Wright records, price comparison, new releases and download music
Johann II Strauss, Franz Lehar, Franz von Suppe, Carl Zeller, George / Wright, Robert Forrest, Jerome Kern, Oscar Straus, Sigmund Romberg, Richard Heuberger, Borodin / Wright / Forrest
Haydn Wood, Richard Tauber, Harry Parr Davies, Franz Schubert, Oscar II Hammerstein, Research Composer, Franz Lehar, Oscar Straus, George / Wright, Robert Forrest, Carl Zeller
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 The Guide to Musical Theatre - A Waltz Dream
Music by Oscar Straus: Book and Lyrics by Felix Dörmann and Leopold Jacobson - after a short story by Hans Müller entitled Buch der Abenteuer:.
More golden melodies from the pen of Oscar Straus, composer of the world-famous Chocolate Soldier.
In the imaginary state of Rurislavenstein the heiress to the throne has disrupted court life by marrying a common Austrian guardsman, Niki.
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 Straus
1954 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83
1887 Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from U.S. (to Turkey)
1870 Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum
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 Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum March 6 in History
Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum March 6 in History
Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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 Desc - Straus, Oscar - S - Composers - Composition - Music - Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Please submit sites dealing with the life or music of Oscar Straus, including biographies, discographies, analyses of compositions, or bibliographies.
Austrian late Romantic composer Oscar Straus (1870-1964) saw his greatest fame in his operettas, including A Waltz Dream and The Chocolate Soldier.
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 ThisDayThatYear.com - Birthdays of Composers on March 06
ThisDayThatYear.com - Birthdays of Composers on March 06
1844 : Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)
1870 : Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)
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 Oscar Straus (composer)
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Oscar Straus (1870 - 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas.
He studied music in Berlin under Max Bruch, and became an orchestral conductor, working at the Überbrettl cabaret.
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 Amazon.ca: Music: Treasures of Operetta [Import]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Carl Michael Ziehrer (Composer), Johann II Strauss (Composer), Imre Kalman (Composer)Emmerich, Oscar Straus (Composer), Richard Tauber (Composer), Andre Messager (Composer), Victor Herbert (Composer), Franz Lehar (Composer), Chandos Concert Orchestra (Orchestra), Peter Morrison (Performer), Marilyn Hill Smith (Performer)
We hear selections from Johann Strauss, Lehar, Kalman, Herbert, Oscar Straus, Millocker, Messager, Stolz and Tauber, to name a few.
There are the often sung showpieces and lesser known songs which are blended well and add diversity.
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 Straus, Oscar
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(ôs´kär shtrous), 1870–1954, Austrian composer; studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin.
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 University of New Hampshire Library - Milne Special Collections and Archives - Alvah Sulloway Sheet Music Collection ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Last Dance Copyright Date: 1921 Composer: Louis A. Hirsch Lyricist: Otto Harbach Performer: unknown Illustrator: unknown Publisher: Victoria Pub.
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing Copyright Date: 1935 Composer: George Gershwin Lyricist: DuBose Hayward Performer: unknown Illustrator: Bharris Publisher: Gershwin Pub.
Copyright Date: 1902 Composer: Gustav Luders Lyricist: Frank Pixley Performer: unknown Illustrator: Edgar Keller The Prince Of To-Night e.30 I Can’t Be True, So Far Away Copyright Date: 1909 Composer: Jos.
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 Oscar Straus
Roger W. Straus Jr., co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishers, dies at 87 (AP Worldstream)
Publisher apologises to mayor over allegation in 'Positively Fifth Street'.(Farrar, Straus and Giroux apologizes to Las Vegas Mayor)(Brief Article) (M2 Best Books)
William Shatner and Celebrity Friends 'Saddle Up' for 14th Annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show on May 1; Brad Paisley Performs at Benefit Dinner to Raise Funds for Three Local Charities: Ahead With Horses, Tilden's Children and Camp Max Straus Foundation.
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 Amazon.ca: Music: Classic Recitals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Leo Fall (Composer), Imre Kalman (Composer)Emmerich, Franz Lehar (Composer), Robert Stolz (Composer), Oscar Straus (Composer), Johann II Strauss (Composer), Carl Zeller (Composer), Robert Stolz (Conductor), Wiener Staatsopernorchester (Orchestra), Hilde Gueden (Soprano)
This recording contains many of the standard favorites such as "Hore ich Zigeurnergeigen" from GRAFIN MARIZA, Straus' Wiener Blut, and the Nuns' Chorus from Casanova to name a few.
Styles > Classical > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Composers > Strauss Jr., Johann
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