June 26, 2019

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“I am mainly a conductor who also composes. Naturally, I would be glad to be remembered as a conductor and as a composer.” This morning, we played “The Merry Waltz” which is taken from an opera by this celebrated German composer/conductor who was known at the time of his retirement as the greatest living conductor of Beethoven and Mahler. Who wrote “The Merry Waltz”?