Strauss, Virginia
- Title
- Professor of Music
- Office:
- Jenson-Noble 162
- Phone:
- +1.563.387.1266
- Email:
- strausvi@luther.edu
- Degree:
- D.M.A., University of Texas
- Interests:
- Violin, advanced ear training
Dr. Virginia Strauss has taught violin and chamber music at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa, USA) since 1975. Her teachers have included David Schneider, Paul Zukofsky, and Leonard Posner, former Concert Master of the MBC Radio Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini. Ms. Strauss in an active recitalist and a founding member of the Oneota Chamber Players, an ensemble which is heard on public radio and television, as well as in live performances throughout the United States. She also performs as Concertmaster of the LaCrosse (WI) Symphony Orchestra. Professor Strauss is coeditor with her husband, Dr. John F. Strauss, of over a dozen works by Johann Baptist Vanhal, Georg Friedrich Fuchs, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel for publishers Doblinger and H. Anderle (Vienna, Austria), and of the complete chamber music of Walter Rabl for A-R Editions (USA).
Articles and Interviews
“Conversations with Martin Haselböck,” (Clavier, December 1984). [co-authored with John Strauss]
“Rosario Marciano: Bringing History to Life,” (Clavier, December, 1986). [co-authored with John Strauss]
“Kjell Johnsen: An Organist’s Odyssey,” (Clavier, December, 1989). [co-authored with John Strauss]
“Weekley and Arganbright: Eighty-eight Divided by Two,” (Clavier, December, 1990). [co-authored with John Strauss]
“The Dual Career of Michael Gailit,” (Clavier, January, 1993). [co-authored with John Strauss]
“Walter Rabl” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Vol. 20, 2001). [co-authored with John Strauss]
Music Editions (co-edited and co-authored with Dr. John Strauss)- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto in C Major for Violine, Cembalo, und Streichorchester (Diletto Musicale 1107, Doblinger, Vienna, 1992).
- The Complete Instrumental Chamber Music of Walter Rabl, (A-R Editions, Madison, WI, 1996) Vol. 24 of Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Sonata in B b Major, OP. 30 #1 Violin and piano ( Diletto Musicale 1181, Doblinger, Vienna, 1996).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Sonata in E b Major, OP. 30 #2 Violin and piano ( Diletto Musicale 1182, Doblinger, Vienna, 1996).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Sonata in G b Major, OP. 30 #3 Violin and piano ( Diletto Musicale 1183, Doblinger, Vienna, 1996).
- Georg Friedrich Fuchs: Trio Concertant g-Moll, OP. 64 #3 for clarinet, violin and cello (Diletto Musicale 1224, Doblinger, Vienna, 1997).
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Orchestra in G Major, OP.17 (H.A.3, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 1998). Also published in study score by Musicverlag Mersich and Kiess: (No. 08P/530, Vienna, 1998).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Major, Weinmann IIA C 9 (H.A.5, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 1998). Also published in study score by Musicverlag Mersich and Kiess: (No. 22P/502, Vienna, 1998).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Three Sonatas for Piano(Eb Major, G Minor, G Major), (Diletto Musicale 1225, Doblinger, Vienna, 1998).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, Weinmann IIb C 2 (H.A.8, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 1999).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, Opus 45, Weinmann Iia A1 (H.A.9, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 2000).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, Opus 14, Weinmann IIa/D1 (H.A.21, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 2001).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Major, Weinmann IIa/C4 (H.A.22, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 2001).
- Johann Baptist Vanhal: Quartett in E b Major, Weinmann IIa/C4 (H.A.22, Verlag Anderle, Vienna 2001).
- Ignaz Pleyel: Trio in B-flat Major, B. 440 (Diletto Musicale 1405, Doblinger, Vienna 2007).
- Ignaz Pleyel: Trio in F Minor, B. 442 (Diletto Musicale 1407, Doblinger, Vienna 2007).