{{Short description|German composer, clarinetist and bandleader}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = person | honorific_prefix = | name = Hugo Strasser | honorific_suffix = | image = Jazz-zum-dritten-2013-hugo-strasser-ffm-184.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Strasser in 2013 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" --> | alias = | birth_date = April 17, 1922 | birth_place = Munich-Schwabing | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|03|17|1922|04|17}} | death_place = | genre = | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = Columbia, Dansan Records, EMI Electrola, Karussell | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Hugo Strasser''' (April 7, 1922, Munich-Schwabing - March 17, 2016, Munich-Trudering) was a German swing and jazz musician, composer, clarinetist and big band leader of the Orchester Hugo Strasser (Hugo Strasser Orchestra) since 1955. The orchestra was famous for its dance music, in particular music for suited ballroom dancing with its strict beat and tempo, played at numerous ballroom dance / Dancesport championships in Germany and abroad.<ref name=br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160909190531/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/hugo-strasser-klarinette-100.html "Trauer um Hugo Strasser. Die Klarinette ist verstummt"], an obituary</ref>
Of note is Strasser's series of recordings "Tanzplatte des Jahres" ( "Dance Record of the Year" ).<ref name=br/>
==Selected discography== <!-- copied from dewiki--> * ''Schicke Tanzmusik'' (1962/63); Modetänze wie Letkiss und Madison) * ''Turniertanz-Trümpfe'' (1963) * ''Die Tanzplatte des Jahres'' (30 items; 1966 bis 1996; since 1982 as digital records, since 1984 also as CD) * ''Das Goldene Tanzalbum 1–4'' (1967–1968; Part 1: ''Valencia – Die Goldenen 20er Jahre''; Part 2: ''In the Mood – Melodie und Rhythmus''; Part 3: ''Warum müssen Jahre vergehen – ewig junge Filmschlager''; Part 4: ''Yesterday – Vom Twist zum Beat'') * ''Das Goldene Hausparty-Album 1–3'' (1968) * ''Mit Hugo Strasser im 3/4-Takt'' (1968) * ''Tanzweltmeisterschaft 1970'' (1970) * ''Filmhits zum Tanzen'' (1970) * ''Tanztest-Platte'' (1971/72) * ''Tanzhits ’71'' (1972) beat and rock hits * ''Romantic Party'' (1972) * ''Olympia-Ball'' (1972); tracks composed for the 1972 Winter Sapporo and Summer Munich Olympic games * ''Swinging Christmas'' (1973, popular Christmas carols) * ''The Dancing Clarinet'' (1973; Traditional music from around the world in strict tempo) * ''Der Goldene Tanzschuh'' (1974; Opera melodies for dancing) <!--; Strasser bekam hier diese äußerst selten vergebene Auszeichnung ob seiner Verdienste um die Tanzmusik bzw. den Tanzsport)--> * ''Der Goldene Tanzschuh'' (1986; Music from the ZDF program with the same name) <!--; Lieblingstitel der Preisträger wie Irvine, Trautz, Beer, Wessel-Therhorn oder Führer; effektiv ein Zusammenschnitt aus Strasser-Platten 1963–1986)--> * ''Was ich sagen wollte…'' (1989; Hugo Strasser sings) * ''Tanz! Tanz! Tanz!'' (1990; Peter Kreuder's melodies) * ''ARD Masters Gala ’92'' (1992) * ''So What’s New?'' Single with Matthias Matuschik and the {{ill|Bananafishbones (band)|lt=Bananafishbones|de|Bananafishbones}} (2001)
==Filmography== *1958: Zwei Matrosen auf der Alm, music *1961: {{ill|Dangeorus Journey|de|Gefährliche Reise (1961)}}, music *1962: Sfida nella città dell'oro, music *1965: {{ill|A Girl from the Bohemian Forest|de|Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald (1965)}}, music
==Awards== *2012: Bavarian Order of Merit<ref>[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/bayerischer-verdienstorden-seehofer-zeichnet-74-persoenlichkeiten-aus-1.1488424-2 "Bayerischer Verdienstorden. Wer ausgezeichnet wird"], October 5, 2012</ref> * 2002: Schwabing Art Prize * 1994: Bayerischer Poetentaler
==See also== *Max Greger *James Last *Paul Kuhn
==References== {{commons category|Hugo Strasser}} {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0833490}} *[https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=134532627 Hugo Strasser] in the catalog of the German National Library
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