Émile Waldteufel
1837–1915 (age 78)
Biography
Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915) earned fame as a composer of graceful waltzes and salon music, delighting audiences at home and abroad with melodies that captured the joys and melancholy of the Belle Époque.
He is buried in the Grave of Waldteufel, and the gentler rhythms of his music continue to offer solace and celebration to listeners generations later.