Oscar Nathan Straus (1870-1954)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, 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.
He studied music in Berlin under Max Bruch, and became an orchestral conductor, working at the Überbrettl cabaret.
Straus' best-known works are Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream), and The Chocolate Soldier (Der tapfere Soldat). The waltz arrangement from the former is probably his most enduring orchestral work. Among his most famous works is the theme from the 1950 film La Ronde.

Websites:
	Oscar Straus	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Oscar Nathan Straus (1870-1954) has at least 4 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Love's Roundelay
Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus.
Words by: Joseph Herbert

Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music.

Make a Wish
Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus.
Words by: Louis Alter, Paul Webster

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1937.	Sheet Music.

Sweetest Maid of All
Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus.
Words by: Joseph Herbert

Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music.

Waltz Dream, A Waltzes
Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus.

Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Buffo, Duet Piccolo (1908)	F.C. Stanley Elise Stevenson	Indestructible Record: 765
Kiss Duet (1908)	H. Burr Elise Stevenson	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33225
My Hero (1911)	Inez Barbour	Indestructible Record: 1476
My Hero (1913)	Elizabeth Spencer	Edison Blue Amberol: 1781

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	While Hearts Are Singing (1931)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Last Waltz, The (1921)	O.N. Straus	Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd	Edison: 8015
	My Hero (1910)	O.N. Straus	Inez Barbour	Columbia: 4494

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Last Waltz (1920), The	O.N. Straus (music) Edward D. Dunn (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer
My Hero (1908)	O.N. Straus (music) Stanislaus Stange (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer
While Hearts Are Singing (1931)	O.N. Straus (music) Clifford Grey (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.) Claudette Colbert (perf.) Charlie Ruggles (perf.) Miriam Hopkins (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 25 works by Oscar Nathan Straus (1870-1954). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Buffo, Duet Piccolo	1908	Frank C. Stanley (perf.) Elise Stevenson (perf.)
Chocolate Soldier, The	1908
Falling in Love	1908	Stanislaus Stange (words)	Pub.
Kiss Duet	1908	Henry Burr (perf.) Elise Stevenson (perf.) Elise Stevenson as Elsie Wood
Letter Song, The	1908	Stanislaus Stange (words)	Pub.
Love's Roundelay	1908	Joseph Herbert (words)
My Hero	1908	Stanislaus Stange (words) Inez Barbour (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
Never Was There Such a Lover	1908		Pub.
O You Darling, O You Sweet One	1908	Grace Isabel Colbron (words)
Softly and Sweetly	1908	Leo Wood (words)
Sweetest Maid of All	1908	Joseph Herbert (words)	Pub.
⇑ Sympathy	1908		Pub.
That Would Be Lovely	1908		Pub.
Tiralila	1908		Pub.
Waltz Dream, A	1908		Pub.
What Can We Do Without a Man	1908		Pub.
Who Are You Beautiful Unknown	1917	Leopold Jacobson (words) Leo Stein (words) Edward Paulton (words)
Last Waltz, The	1920	Edward D. Dunn (words) Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
Now Fades My Golden Love Dream	1920	Edward Delaney Dunn (words) Arr. by Geo. F Bauer	Pub.
One More Hour of Love	1931	Clifford Grey (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
While Hearts Are Singing	1931	Clifford Grey (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.) Claudette Colbert (perf.) Miriam Hopkins (perf.) Charlie Ruggles (perf.)	Pub.
Oh! That Mitzi!	1932	Leo Robin (words)	Pub.
We Will Always Be Sweethearts	1932	Leo Robin (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Make a Wish	1937	Louis Alter (words) Paul Webster (words)	Pub.
Music in My Heart	1937	Louis Alter (words) Paul Webster (words)	Pub.