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The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz
is a
musical
conceived by
Hassard Short
with a book by
Moss Hart
and lyrics by
Desmond Carter
, using themes by
Johann Strauss I
and
Johann Strauss II
. It is based on a
pasticcio
by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
and
Julius Bittner
called
Walzer aus Wien
, first performed in
Vienna
in 1930. The story of the musical is loosely based on the real-life feud between the older and younger Strauss, allegedly because of the father's jealousy of his son's greater talent.
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