Oscar Nathan Straus (1870-1954)
Last updated: 07.10.25
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.
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.
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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.
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Love's Roundelay Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus. Words by: Joseph Herbert
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 Make a WishMusic by: Oscar Nathan Straus. Words by: Louis Alter, Paul Webster
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Sweetest Maid of All Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus. Words by: Joseph Herbert
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Waltz Dream, A Waltzes Music by: Oscar Nathan Straus.
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| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Buffo, Duet Piccolo (1908) | F.C. Stanley Elise Stevenson |
Indestructible Record: 765 | |
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Kiss Duet (1908) | H. Burr Elise Stevenson |
Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33225 | |
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My Hero (1911) | Inez Barbour | Indestructible Record: 1476 | |
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My Hero (1913) | Elizabeth Spencer | Edison Blue Amberol: 1781 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Last Waltz, The (1921) | O.N. Straus | Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison: 8015 |
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My Hero (1910) | O.N. Straus | Inez Barbour | Columbia: 4494 |
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Last Waltz (1920), The | O.N. Straus (music) Edward D. Dunn (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer |  |
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My Hero (1908) | O.N. Straus (music) Stanislaus Stange (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Sheet Music Singer |
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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 | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 39 works by Oscar Nathan Straus (1870-1954).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Buffo, Duet Piccolo | 1908 | Frank C. Stanley (perf.) Elise Stevenson (perf.) |
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| Chocolate Soldier - Selection | 1908 | ||
| Chocolate Soldier, The | 1908 | |
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| Falling in Love | 1908 | Stanislaus Stange (words) | Pub. |
| Kiss Duet | 1908 | Henry Burr (perf.) Elise Stevenson (perf.) Elise Stevenson as Elsie Wood |
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| 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.) |
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| 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. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| What Can We Do Without a Man | 1908 | |
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| Who Are You Beautiful Unknown | 1917 | Leopold Jacobson (words) Leo Stein (words) Edward Paulton (words) |
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| Last Waltz, The | 1920 | Edward D. Dunn (words) Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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| Now Fades My Golden Love Dream | 1920 | Edward Delaney Dunn (words)
Arr. by Geo. F Bauer |
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| Love Game, The | 1925 | Harry Graham (words) | |
| Make Believe You're Mine | 1925 | Harry B. Smith (words) | |
| I Hear Your Voice | 1930 | Arthur Freed (words) Clifford Grey (words) |
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| It Is Destiny | 1930 | Clifford Grey (words) | |
| Breakfast Table Love | 1931 | Clifford Grey (words) | |
| Jazz Up Your Lingerie! | 1931 | Cliff Grey (words) | |
| Life Is a Dream | 1931 | Arthur Freed (words) | |
| ⇑ One More Hour of Love | 1931 | Clifford Grey (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.) |
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| Toujours L'amour in the Army | 1931 | Clifford Grey (words) | |
| While Hearts Are Singing | 1931 | Clifford Grey (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.) Claudette Colbert (perf.) Miriam Hopkins (perf.) Charlie Ruggles (perf.) |
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| Oh! That Mitzi! | 1932 | Leo Robin (words) | Pub. |
| We Will Always Be Sweethearts | 1932 | Leo Robin (words) Maurice Chevalier (perf.) |
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Days of Old, The | 1936 | Clare Kummer (words) | |
| Make a Wish | 1937 | Louis Alter (words) Paul Webster (words) |
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| Music in My Heart | 1937 | Louis Alter (words) Paul Webster (words) |
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| Dreamer, Dreamer | 1945 | Irving Caesar (words) | |
| La Ronde | 1950 | Dorcas Cochran (words) | |
| Love Makes the World Go 'round | 1950 | Dorcas Cochran (words) | |
| Love's Roundabout | 1950 | Louis Ducreux (words) Harold Purcell (words) |