Emile Waldteufel

Émile Waldteufel (9 December 1837 in Strasbourg – 12 February 1915) was a French composer of popular music as well as waltzes and polkas. Waldteufel (German language for forest devil) was born into an Alsace-based family of musicians which was also Jewish.[1][2] His father, Louis, had a respected orchestra, and his brother Léon was a successful musician. When Léon won a place to study violin performance at the Conservatoire de Paris, the entire family followed him there. It was in Paris that Émile would spend the rest of his life.

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