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    Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War) is a three-act operetta composed by Johann Strauss II. The work was first performed on 25 November 1881 at the Theater...
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    "The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "An der schönen blauen Donau", Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by the Austrian...
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    Süden" Walzer Op. 388 (from Das Spitzentuch der Königin), and "Kuss-Walzer" op. 400 (from Der lustige Krieg), that have survived obscurity and become well-known...
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  • 396, Jubilee Festival (1881) Der lustige Krieg, Op. 397 (1882) Matador, Op. 406, (on Themes from Das Spitzentuch der Königin) (1883) Habsburg Hoch!...
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    Strauss's Der Karneval in Rom the year before, and he completed the libretto. The operetta premiered on 5 April 1874 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna...
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    1882. The waltz comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War) and is an orchestral treatment of the act 2 aria "Nur...
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  • mit sechzehn (1959) Mein Schatz komm mit ans blaue Meer (1959) Der lustige Krieg des Hauptmann Pedro (1959) Freddy unter fremden Sternen (1959) Kein...
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    Stefanie (1958) - Architekt Pablo Guala Die Halbzarte (1959) - Mr. Dott Der lustige Krieg des Hauptmann Pedro [de] (1959) - Pedro Bastiano, Hauptmann Adorable...
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  • Venedig and three incomplete works (Die lustigen Weiber von Wien, Romulus and Der Schelm von Bergen), all premieres took place in Vienna. La reine Indigo,...
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    passion for gossip. Strauss may also have been referencing the burlesque Der Tritschtratsch [de] by the famous Austrian dramatist and actor Johann Nestroy...
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