Composers

Maurice Strakosch

Piano
Voice
Dance
Polka
Piece
Fantasia
Étude
Waltz
Capriccio
Galop
Caprice
Ballad
by popularity

B

Banjo, Capriccio Characterisque

C

California Gold Fever GalopCaprice Russe

D

Dear Mother, Was It RightDi gioia insolita

F

Fantaisie on Meyerbeer's Robert le DiableFantaisie sur l'opera 'Bohemian Girl'Flirtation

G

Grande Fantaisie on 'La Fille du Regiment'

I

I Turn to Thee

J

Jenny Lind Valse

L

La MelancholieLa Nayade, Etude FantastiqueLa Sylphide, Fantaisie RomantiqueLe Ruisseau, Op.136Les Adieux

M

Mazurka SentimentalMusical Rockets

O

Oleona, Barcarole

P

Postillion PolkaPremier Amour

R

Reverie MelancoliqueRosée du Matin

S

Sea SerpentSerenade AndalouseSouvenir de BostonSouvenir de l'AmeriqueSouvenir de NiagaraSouvenir du lac de ComoSouvenirs d'un impresario

T

Talisman WaltzTarantella SicilianaThe ChimesThe Dashing PolkaThe Magic BellThe Magyar PolkaThe NightingaleTremolo in Octaves

Y

Yankee Doodle, Concert VariationsYoung America GalopYouth, Love and Folly
Wikipedia
Maurice Strakosch (probably 15 January 1825 – 9 October 1887) was an American musician and impresario of Czech origin.
Strakosch was born in Gross-Seelowitz (today Židlochovice), Moravia. He made his debut as a pianist at the age of 11 in Brno performing a piano concerto by Hummel. Because his parents weren't satisfied with his career choice, he ran away to Vienna at the age of twelve, where he studied under Simon Sechter. He also studied singing under Giuditta Pasta for some time.
In 1843, he met tenor Salvatore Patti (1800–1869) at a music festival in Vicenza. Five years later, he was tour manager of Patti group in New York. These performances started his successful career as a manager in the United States and his long-standing friendship with the Patti family. In 1852, Strakosch married Patti's daughter Amalia Patti. He was also the first manager of the youngest and most successful daughter, Adelina Patti, from her debut in 1859 until her marriage in 1868. It is believed that Strakosch was her most important teacher.
Besides the Pattis, he and his brother Max (born in Brunn, Moravia, 27 September 1835; died in New York City, 17 March 1892) worked as impresario with Teresa Parodi, Christine Nilsson, Marie Heilbronn, Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa, Carlotta Patti, Karl Formes, Pasquale Brignoli, Italo Campanini, Pauline Lucca, Thérèse Tietjens, Louis M. Gottschalk, Clara Louise Kellogg, Marie Roze and Marietta Alboni.
Strakosch occasionally performed as a pianist, e.g. he played duet with Ole Bull during his tour in America. In 1857, his opera Giovanna of Naples (Regina Giovanna di Napoli) was performed in New York. His compositions for the piano were at one time very popular, and among them the music of one of Bayard Taylor's songs.
In 1886, he published a memoir book Souvenirs d'un impresario (Souvenirs of an Impresario). Strakosch died in Paris in 1887.