--- title: "3 Oscar Straus Quotes - Famous Conductor (El soldadito de chocolate)" description: "Viennese composer (1870-1954). Browse 3 Oscar Straus quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-straus-72841.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Oscar Straus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-straus-72841.jpg) # Oscar Straus (1870–1954) Conductor Austria **3** quotes in **60** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Oscar Straus was a conductor from Austria, best known for *El soldadito de chocolate*. ## Quick Facts About Oscar Straus Born March 6, 1870 Died January 11, 1954 Nationality Austria Profession Conductor Notable works El soldadito de chocolate Known for Ein Walzertraum Spouse Clara Straus ## About Oscar Straus Viennese composer (1870-1954). ## Awards & Honors Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna ## Quotes by Oscar Straus > [This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-straus/this-is-the-first-nation-that-organized-government-on-the-basis-of/) Oscar Straus [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/oscar-straus-84702_bases_this-is-the-first-nation-that-organized_1959118.jpg) > [There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-straus/there-is-a-higher-form-of-patriotism-than-nationalism-and-that-higher/) Oscar Straus [Boundaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boundaries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/oscar-straus-84702_boundaries_there-is-a-higher-form-of-patriotism-tha_2115946.jpg) > [The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-straus/the-jew-is-neither-a-newcomer-nor-an-alien-in-this-country-or-on-this/) Oscar Straus [Aliens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aliens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/oscar-straus-84702_aliens_the-jew-is-neither-a-newcomer-nor-an-ali_2560110.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-straus/#itemlist", "name": "Oscar Straus Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State. 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