Oscar Straus

Although he wasn't a member of the similarly named Strauss family of Vienna, Oscar Straus managed to make a major for himself in the field of operetta in the first half of the 20th century. It was Johannes Brahms who gave the teenage Oscar Straus his first serious recommendations, to Max Bruch and other notable teachers. Johann Strauss II advised the young Oscar Straus to acquire practical experience in conducting for the theater, and between 1893 and 1896 the younger musician worked in theater orchestras in Bratislava, Brno, Teplitz, Mainz, and Hamburg, and also began writi...