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Franz Lehár: Quick Facts

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Born April 30, 1870 • Komarom • Hungary
Died October 24, 1948 (aged 78) • Bad Ischl • Austria
Notable Works “The Merry Widow”

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Franz Lehar stands in formal attire with a white bow tie and medals, resting one arm on a decorative banister in an ornately decorated interior.
Franz Lehar sits at a piano, turning to look at the camera, in an undated black and white photograph with a rocky background.
Franz Lehar sits at a piano in a richly decorated room, with sheet music and books stacked nearby and framed portraits on the patterned wall behind him.
Lily Elsie as Sonia and Joseph Coyne as Prince Danilo sit back-to-back on chairs in elegant period costumes in a scene from the 1907 operetta The Merry Widow.
Bad Ischl
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