Oscar Fetrás

Oscar Fetrás (16 February 1854 – 10 January 1931) was a German composer of popular dance music, military marches, piano pieces and arrangements. Fetrás had over 200 compositions to his name. His best known work is his waltz "Mondnacht auf der Alster" Op. 60 which is still immensely popular to the present day.

Birth and Death Data: Born Hamburg (city and state in the North of Germany), Died January 11, 1931 (Hamburg (city and state in the North of Germany) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-4633	10-in.	7/3/1907	On the belvidere	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-13150	10-in.	4/17/1913	La casta Susana	Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band]	Band	arranger
Victor	C-15411	12-in.	11/19/1914	Glittering moonbeams	Victor Dance Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Gramophone	CWR903	12-in.	3/18/1927	Moonlight on the Alster	Marek Weber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Gramophone	CW3167	12-in.	1/28/1930	The betrothal at the lantern : Overture	Dol Dauber Salon Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	arranger

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fetrás, Oscar," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116782.

Fetrás, Oscar. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116782.

"Fetrás, Oscar." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.