Annotation:Merry Widow Waltz

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MERRY WIDOW WALTZ (Die lustige Witwe). German (originally), American; Waltz. This was one of the sides on the first, and only, solo fiddle recording made by North Georgia fiddler Ahaz Agustus "A.A." Gray (1881-1939) [1], made in Atlanta in March, 1924 (backed with "Bonaparte's Retreat (1)").

The melody was composed around 1905 by Austro–Hungarian composer Franz Lehár [2] (1870-1948) for his operetta The Merry Widow, which achieved instant success upon its debut in Vienna, and continues to be popular today.

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Recorded sources: OKeh 40110 (78 RPM), A.A. Gray (north Ga., his only solo fiddle record, backed with "Bonaparte's Retreat"), 1924.