OSCAR STRAUS
Austrian Composer and conductor: born Vienna 6 March, 1870; died Bad Ischl, 11 January, 1954
Stage Works
Over 40 works (most published in vocal score in Vienna or Berlin) incl.
- Die lustigen Nibelungen (The Merry Nibelungs) (Operetta, 3 acts;
Rideamus [Fritz Oliven]), Carltheater, 12 November, 1904;
- Colombine,(Ballet) Berlin, 1904
- Zur indischen Witwe (Operetta, 3 acts; Libretto by Ignatz Schnitzer)
Centraltheater, Berlin 1905
- Hugdietrichs Brautfahrt (Hugdietrich's Honeymoon) (Operetta, 3
acts; Rideamus [Fritz Oliven]), Carltheater, 10 March 1906;
- Ein Walzertraum
(A Waltz Dream) (Operetta, 3 acts; Lyrics by Felix Dörmann;
Libretto by Leopold Jacobson, after Hans Müller: Carltheater
2 March, 1907: Hicks Theatre, London 1908 (136 perfs)
- Das Buch der Abenteuer), Carltheater, 2 March 1907;
- Der tapfere
Soldat (The Gallant Soldier) (Operetta, 3 acts; R. Bernauer,
Leopold Jacobson, "an unauthorised parody of G.B. Shaw's, Arms
and the Man), Theater an der Wien,
14 November, 1908;
- Didi (Operetta, 3 acts; based on the play by Sardou)
- Das Tal der Liebe (operetta, 3 acts) Volksoper, 1909
- Mein junger Herr (My Son John) (Operetta, 3 acts) 1910
- Der tapfere Cassian (The Brave Cassian) (Play - 1 act) Libretto
by Arthur Schnitzler (1912)
- Die Prinzessin von Tragant (Regel), (Ballet) Vienna, Hofoper, 13
November, 1912
- The Dancing Viennese; Operetta, 1 act; London Coliseum 1912
- Love and Laughter; New Theatre, London 1913 (65 perfs)
- Rund um die Liebe (Operetta, 3 acts; R. Bodanzky, F. Thelen), Johann
Strauss, 9 November, 1914
- Die Perlen der Cleopatra (Operetta, 3 acts; Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, Theater an der Wein 17 November, 1923
- Der letzte Walzer (Operetta, 3 acts; J. Brammer, A. Griinwald),
Berlin, Berliner Theater, 12 Feb 1920; Mariette, ou comment on écrit
l'histoire (Operetta, 3 acts; Guitry), Paris, Edouard VII, 1 Oct 1928;
- Eine Frau, die Weiss was sie will (Operetta, 3 acts; Grunwald, after
L. Verneuil), Berlin, Metropol, I Sept 1932;
- Drei Walzer (Operetta, 3 acts; P. Knepler, A. Robinson), Zurich,
Stadttheater, 1935;
- Die Musik kommt (3; Knepler, Robinson), Zurich, Sladttheater, 1948;
rev. as Ihr erster Walzer, Munich, Gartnerplatz, 1950;
- Bozena (Operetta, 3 acts; Brammer, Griinwald), Munich, Gartnerplatz, 16 May 1952
OTHER WORKS
Film scores: Jenny Lind, 1930; The Smiling Lieutenant, 1932; The Southerner,
1932; One hour with You, 1932; Die Herren von Maxim, 1933; Frühlingsstimmen,
1934; Land Without Music, 1935; Make a Wish, 1935; La ronde, 1950; Madame
de. .., 1952
c500 cabaret songs, chamber music, orch works, pf pieces, choruses
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bernard Grun: Prince of Vienna: the Life, Times and Melodies of Oscar
Straus (London, 1955)