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An early recording of the popular Estudiantina Waltz from 1898.

Estudiantina Waltz

Company	Columbia Phonograph Company
Cylinder #	15136
Category	Orchestra
Title	Estudiantina Waltz
Performed by	Columbia Orchestra
Circa	1898
Announcement	"Estudiantina Waltz, played by Columbia Orchestra for Columbia Phonograph Company of New York and Paris."

Enjoy this recording, popular in many early record company catalogs, of a famous waltz of the late Nineteenth century (still performed today, see below) by the prolific composer of dozens popular waltzes, Emile Waldteufel. Estudiantina Waltz (opus no. 191) was written in 1883, and although Waldteufel was still active in the 1890s, by the time this recording was released in 1898 he was near retirement.

To hear Estudiantina Waltz —

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To learn more, see:

Articles about Emile Waldteufel and his Estudiantina waltz, courtesy of Wikipedia.
A mini-biography about Emile Waldteufel, courtesy of Naxos.com.
Related online videos of interest, courtesy of Youtube.com:

The Serenata String Quintet playing Estudiantina Waltz.
A Wurlitzer band organ playing a Waldteufel potpourri.

Sheet music to Estudiantina Waltz, courtesy of the International Music Score Library Project.

— This cylinder is from the collection of Robert Carver —

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