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Émile Waldteufel
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French composer (1837-1915)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1837
- Active to
- 1915
Discography
- The Skaters: Valses, Polkas, Galops1991
- The Best of Émile Waldteufel, Volume 11993
- The Best of Émile Waldteufel, Volume 21993
- The Best of Émile Waldteufel, Volume 31993
- The Best of Émile Waldteufel, Volume 41993
- Bal Au Second Empire1994
- The Best of Émile Waldteufel, Volume 51995
- Famous Waltzes1996
- Valses & Polkas1999
- Accordion2000
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Émile Waldteufel (9 December 1837 – 12 February 1915) was a French composer of popular music, such as waltzes and polkas. Life Waldteufel (German for forest devil) was born in Strasbourg to a Jewish Alsatian family of musicians. His father Louis had a respected orchestra, and his brother Léon was a successful musician. When Léon won a place to study violin performance at the Conservatoire de Paris, the entire family followed him there. It was in Paris that Émile would spend the rest of his lif
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Émile
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Strasbourg
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Estudiantina
- Genre
- Romantic music
- Movement
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Waldteufel.jpg
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- Émile Waldteufel
- date of birth
- 1837-12-09
- date of death
- 1915-02-12
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- Émile Waldteufel
- name in native language
- Émile Waldteufel
- birth name
- Émile Lévy
- start of work period
- 1899-00-00
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- Aerovías DAP
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Émile Waldteufel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Waldteufel-Album
Beliebte Walzer
Waldteufel-Album
Waldteufel-Album
Album der beliebsten Tänze
Beliebte Walzer
Album der beliebsten Tänze
Le sport de Nantes [Music Noted]: famous batch of piano waltzes
Alexandre marche [Música notada] : pour le piano
Teresa [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour le piano
Marie-Louise [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour piano
Diane Chasseresse [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour piano
Elena [Music Noted]:] valse
Rêve des bois [Música notada] =]Waldträume : suite de valses pour piano
Nina [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour piano
Le sport de Nantes [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour piano
Manuelita [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour le piano
Joies et peines [Música notada] =]Freuden und Leiden : suite de valses pour piano
Amy [Música notada] :]suite de valses pour le piano
Carolinen-walzer [Música notada] :]pour piano
Emma [Música notada] :]polka-mazurka pour piano
Fleurs d'Amérique [Música notada] :]polka-mazurka pour piano
Media noche [Música notada] =]minuit : polka para piano
Panderetas Polka [Noted Music]
Die Schlittschuhläufer : Walzer / (Emil Waldteufel)
Invitation à la Gavotte Guitare transcription op 246
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Encyclopedic overview
Portrait of Émile Waldteufel Émile Waldteufel, c. 1900
Charles Émile Waldteufel (né Lévy; French pronunciation: [valtøfɛl]; German: [ˈvalt.tɔɪ̯fl̩]; 9 December 1837 – 12 February 1915) was a French composer, pianist, and conductor known for his numerous popular salon pieces. Among his best known works is "Les Patineurs" (1882), known as "The Skater's Waltz".
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