One of Strassburg's earliest compositions
Lost was completed in 1945 and received critical acclaim. As music director for various synagogues Strassburg expressed a keen interest in
Jewish liturgical music and completed several sacred compositions as well as music inspired by Jewish historical themes. His secular music included several works inspired by the poetry of
Walt Whitman. Strassburg also contributed to a variety of film scores as well as incidental music for such theatrical productions as:
King Lear,
The Rose Tattoo, and
Anne of the Thousand Days Liturgical •
Lost (1945) •
Festival of Lights Symphony - for string orchestra •
Kabbalat Shabbat (Liturgical) •
Mosaic Horizons (Litrugical for organ) •
Mah Tavu: High Holiday for Cantor, mixed choir (SATB) with optional keyboard, 1993 •
Patriarchs (String Orchestra) •
Psalm 117 (Choral, 1965) •
Torah Sonata - for piano. •
Tropal Suite (String Quartet, 1967) •
Terecentenary Suite (Viola & Piano)
Secular •
Fantasy and Allegro (1947) •
Festival of Lights Symphony (String Orchestra) •
Migrations of a Melody (Baritone Narrator Chamber Orchestra) •
Prayer of Columbus (for Voice & Piano, 1993) •
The Heritage of Heaven (string orchestra, 1955) •
Walt Whitman Cycle - (Tenor & Orchestra). • •
Three "Leaves of Grass" – A Walt Whitman Trilogy (Piano, 1996)
Publications In 1977, Strassburg wrote a biography of
Ernest Bloch,
Ernest Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness. The research materials for this publication along with Strassburg's notes are accessible at the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts. The collection is archived for research purposes at the
University of Florida, Gainesville.
Students Among Strassburg's pupils are
Yehudi Wyner, and
John Serry. ==Compositions==