Oscar straus biography death

Straus, Oscar. He spelled his name Straus instead of Strauss because he didn't want to be associated with the Strauss family from Vienna. He studied music in Berlin under Max Bruch. Johann Strauss the Younger advised him to work in provincial theatres to gain experience and he followed his advise. He married the violinist Nelly Irmen and their son Leo Straus worked as a dramatist and a librettist.

After he returned to his native Vienna around he started writing operettas. He also wrote song and, mostly during the s, scores for movies. On 9 Dec he married his second wife, the pretty young singer Clara Singer Their first son Erwin was a composer and their second son Walter was a writer.

Oscar Straus (born March 6,

After the Germans entered Austria he fled from Austria in He went to Paris and moved on to Hollywood, where he continued his work as a composer. In he returned to Austria. He lived at Bad Ischl, where he died in Picture by Androom 24 Aug Oscar Straus was the son of the Jewish banker Leopold Strauss. The grave of Oscar Straus at the cemetery in Bad Ischl.