March 6 - Oscar Straus (The Musical Birthday Series)

Today we honor Viennese composer Oscar Straus ( (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954)

The Chocolate Soldier by Oscar Straus

Was once the global rage

But now it’s rare for an opera house

To mount it on the stage

Confectionary bullets are

No longer cause for smiles;

The operetta repertoire

No longer fills the aisles.

Envoi

And thus, alas, it goes with fame.

Sic transit, as they say:

A solid hit’s as fragile as

A chocolate soufflé.


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