Kaiser-Walzer
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thumb|Emperors Wilhelm II and [[Franz Joseph I during the latter's visit to Berlin in 1889]]
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- date of first performance
- 1889-10-21
- title
- Kaiserwalzer
- opus number
- 437
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- Kaiserwalzer
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thumb|Emperors Wilhelm II and [[Franz Joseph I during the latter's visit to Berlin in 1889]]
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1889. The waltz was originally titled Hand in Hand and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I on the occasion of his visit to the German Emperor Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a 'toast of friendship' extended by Austria-Hungary to the German Empire.
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