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    Franz Lehár (/ˈleɪhɑːr/ LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is...
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  • Operone list of Lehár's works, accessed 15 May 2009 The stage works of Franz Lehàr – The Guide to Musical Theatre Free scores by Franz Lehár at the International...
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  • 1952 American film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It starred Lana Turner (whose singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin)...
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    The Merry Widow (category Operas by Franz Lehár)
    that Franz Lehár might compose the piece. Lehár had worked with Léon and Stein on Der Göttergatte the previous year. Although Léon doubted that Lehár could...
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    Broadway musical comedies, including the 1942 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. She later was cast in various feature films during the 1950s and 1960s...
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    built by Clemens Holzmeister in 1932, as well as the Lehár Villa, the former residence of Franz Lehár, that he acquired in 1912 and today serves as a museum...
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    Antal Freiherr von Lehár (born Antal Lehár; 21 February 1876 – 12 November 1962; known sometimes as Baron Antal Lehár) was an Austrian officer of Hungarian...
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  • The Merry Widow is an operetta by Franz Lehár. The Merry Widow may also refer to: Ballet The Merry Widow (ballet), an adaptation of the operetta Films...
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    Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch starring Maurice...
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  • Several composers have written variations of the melody, including Franz Lehár. In 1959 The Belafonte Folk Singers recorded Heylan Går on the album...
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    premiere, Atlantic Theater Company) Operatic repertoire The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár (2014) as Valencienne Zeta (Metropolitan Opera) Dido and Aeneas by Henry...
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    Important operetta composers include Johann Strauss, Jacques Offenbach, Franz Lehár, and Francisco Alonso. The term operetta arises in the mid-eighteenth-century...
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  • Franz Lehár is a 1923 Austrian silent biographical film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and Hans Torre. It portrays the life of the composer Franz Lehár. Lehár...
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  • fifth symphonies, but characters in the film also perform pieces by Franz Lehár, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Modest Mussorgsky. Preceded by The Damned...
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    M for Murder). In his score, Tiomkin quotes the Merry Widow Waltz of Franz Lehár, often in somewhat distorted forms, as a leitmotif for Uncle Charlie...
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    Turner's love interest in the popular operetta The Merry Widow (1952) by Franz Lehár. He romanced Elizabeth Taylor in The Girl Who Had Everything (1952),...
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    appearances by Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The film is based on the Franz Lehár's 1905 operetta of the same name, and was its second film adaptation,...
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    Vienna. Franz Schubert Monument Closeup of Franz Schubert statue Johann Strauss Monument Robert Stolz bust Andreas Zelinka Monument Franz Lehár Monument...
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  • Lady" – 6:39 Compact Disc bonus track "Vilia" (Franz Lehár) – 4:36 "Vilia" is a jazz arrangement of Franz Lehár's "Es lebt' eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" from...
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    Emmerich Kálmán (category Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni)
    csárdás), the Viennese style of precursors such as Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár, and, in his later works, American jazz. As a result of the Anschluss...
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    were to be considered "Honorary Aryans". Sophie Lehár (née Paschal), the wife of the composer Franz Lehár, had been Jewish before her conversion to Catholicism...
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    revolutionary, first Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1924) April 30 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948) May 9 – Harry Vardon, English golf professional...
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    The Land of Smiles (category Operas by Franz Lehár)
    Das Land des Lächelns) is a 1929 romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer [de] and Fritz Löhner-Beda...
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  • Verdi) - "Alfredo" Carmen (Georges Bizet) - "Don Jose" Die lustige Witwe (Franz Lehár) - "Danilo" Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - "Don Giovanni" The...
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    popularity, with composers such as Johann Strauss III, Emmerich Kálmán, and Franz Lehár. Many Belle Époque composers working in Paris are still popular today:...
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    to music by Dmitri Shostakovich, 2000 The Merry Widow, to music by Franz Lehár, 1975 Metastaseis and Pithoprakta, to music by Iannis Xenakis, 1968 Midnight...
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    6 Concerto) for violin and orchestra Franz Lehár – Paganini, a fictionalized operetta about Paganini (1925) Franz Liszt – Six Grandes Études de Paganini...
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  • songs and the Lehár operettas were still performed (but with no mention of their librettist). The circumstances surrounding Franz Lehár possibly attempting...
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  • Catholic Church Franz Lachner (1803–1890), German composer and conductor Franz Langoth (1877–1953), Austrian nationalist politician Franz Lehár (1870–1948)...
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  • Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Hanna, The Merry Widow (Franz Lehár) Bess, Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin) Opera portal Coloratura soprano...
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