Franz Lehar, Austro-Hungarian Composer(1870-1948)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Franz Lehar
• Birth: April 30, 1870, Komárom, Austria-Hungary (now Komárno, Slovakia)
• Death: October 24, 1948, Bad Ischl, Austria
• Language: Hungarian, German
• Who he was: Austro-Hungarian composer whose many operettas include Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

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