My Choice 447 - Émile Waldteufel: Très Jolie Valse

Très Jolie Valse op. 159 - in English, “Very Pretty“ Waltz, and it is pretty. It was composed by the French composer, Émile Waldteufel in1888. To compliment the music, we’re showing photos of scenery and flowers. Émile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg to a Jewish Alsatian family of musicians. His father Louis had a respected orchestra, and his brother Léon was a successful musician. When Léon won a place to study violin performance at the Conservatoire de Paris, the entire family followed him there