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Oscar Straus

1870 - 1954

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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. His original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's'. He wished not to be associated with the musical Strauss family of Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Straus is the 478th most popular composer (up from 480th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Austria (up from 424th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Oscar Straus ranks 478 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Gottfried Walther, Alfredo Catalani, Robert Stolz, Rodion Shchedrin, Vítězslav Novák, and Adolf von Henselt. After him are Paolo Tosti, Vicente Martín y Soler, Florent Schmitt, Fikret Amirov, Claudio Merulo, and Théodore Dubois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Oscar Straus ranks 57. Before him are Charles Bennett, Princess Henriette of Belgium, Leopold Godowsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Archduchess Louise of Austria, and Vítězslav Novák. After him are Florent Schmitt, François Georges-Picot, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alexandre Benois, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, and Herbert Kilpin. Among people deceased in 1954, Oscar Straus ranks 48. Before him are Günther Quandt, Stig Dagerman, Viktor Abakumov, Wilhelm Schmidt, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, and Franz Josef Popp. After him are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Lionel Barrymore, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Jess McMahon, and Franz Neumann.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Oscar Straus ranks 410 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Mathilda of Austria (1849), Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870), Robert Stolz (1880), André Gorz (1923), Franz Josef Popp (1886), and Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735). After him are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874), Heinz Kohut (1913), Franz Vranitzky (1937), Friedrich von Amerling (1803), Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914), and Hans Ledwinka (1878).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Oscar Straus ranks 32. Before him are Clemens Krauss (1893), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Max Steiner (1888), Ernst Krenek (1900), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), and Robert Stolz (1880). After him are Robert Fuchs (1847), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), Johann Strauss III (1866), Hans Krása (1899), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), and Carl Zeller (1842).

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