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The Story of a Waltz single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 The Story of a Waltz
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For years Offenbach seeks the music of 'Zimmer's Waltz', the first 8 bars of which his mother hummed to him as a child. At last by accident he meets the composer who dies soon after but leaves him the manuscript, a ring and the history of his sad life. Touching tale set in Europe. (PB)

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  • From The London Theatre

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