# Hugo Strasser
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{{Short description|German composer, clarinetist and bandleader}}
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'''Hugo Strasser''' (April 7, 1922, [Munich](/source/Munich)-[Schwabing](/source/Schwabing) - March 17, 2016, Munich-[Trudering](/source/Trudering)) was a German swing and jazz musician, composer, clarinetist and [big band](/source/big_band) leader of the Orchester Hugo Strasser (Hugo Strasser Orchestra) since 1955. The orchestra was famous for its [dance music](/source/dance_music), in particular music for suited [ballroom dancing](/source/ballroom_dancing) with its strict beat and tempo, played at numerous ballroom dance / [Dancesport](/source/Dancesport) championships in Germany and abroad.[[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]
Of note is Strasser's series of recordings "Tanzplatte des Jahres" ( "Dance Record of the Year" ).[
==Selected discography==
* ''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](/source/Beat_music) and [rock](/source/Rock_music) hits
* ''Romantic Party'' (1972)
* ''Olympia-Ball'' (1972); tracks composed for the 1972 [Winter Sapporo](/source/1972_Winter_Olympics) and [Summer Munich](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) Olympic games
* ''Swinging Christmas'' (1973, popular [Christmas carol](/source/Christmas_carol)s)
* ''The Dancing Clarinet'' (1973; Traditional music from around the world in strict tempo)
* ''Der Goldene Tanzschuh'' (1974; Opera melodies for dancing)
* ''Der Goldene Tanzschuh'' (1986; Music from the ZDF program with the same name)
* ''Was ich sagen wollte…'' (1989; Hugo Strasser sings)
* ''Tanz! Tanz! Tanz!'' (1990; [Peter Kreuder](/source/Peter_Kreuder)'s melodies)
* ''[ARD](/source/ARD_(broadcaster)) Masters Gala ’92'' (1992)
* ''So What’s New?'' Single with [Matthias Matuschik](/source/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](/source/Bavarian_Order_of_Merit)][[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/bayerischer-verdienstorden-seehofer-zeichnet-74-persoenlichkeiten-aus-1.1488424-2 "Bayerischer Verdienstorden. Wer ausgezeichnet wird"], October 5, 2012]
* 2002: [Schwabing Art Prize](/source/Schwabing_Art_Prize)
* 1994: [Bayerischer Poetentaler](/source/Bayerischer_Poetentaler)
==See also==
*[Max Greger](/source/Max_Greger)
*[James Last](/source/James_Last)
*[Paul Kuhn](/source/Paul_Kuhn_(band_leader))
==References==
{{commons category|Hugo Strasser}}
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==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](/source/German_National_Library)
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Category:1922 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:German jazz bandleaders
Category:German jazz clarinetists
Category:German male jazz composers
Category:20th-century German clarinetists
Category:21st-century German clarinetists
Category:20th-century German male composers
Category:21st-century German male composers
Category:Swing clarinetists
Category:Swing bandleaders
Category:Swing composers
Category:Musicians from Munich
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