My Choice - André Rieu: Gold and Silver Waltz by Franz Lehár

Gold and Silver Waltz Op. 79 played by André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. Lehár was born in the northern part of Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Komárno, Slovakia), the eldest son of a bandmaster in the Infantry Regiment No. 50 of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Franz studied violin and composition at the Prague Conservatory, where his violin teacher was Antonín Bennewitz, but was advised by Antonín Dvořák to focus on composing music. After graduation in 1899 he joined his father’