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Franz Lehár

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Composer information

Year of Birth:1870
Year of death:1948

Biography

(source: wikipedia)


Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).
Lehár was born in the northern part of Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary (now Komárno, Slovakia), the eldest son of Franz Lehár (senior) (1838–1898), an Austrian bandmaster in the... more

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  • Lehár
  • F. Lehár
  • Frans Lehàr
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