Musical score for "The White Cliffs of Dover"

[kp400]

I'm dying to find out what classical waltz was played during the royal ball sequence. Whatever it was it has become my all-time favorite classical piece surplanting Mozart's "The marrige of Figaro".

[BallofFire]

I can find two songs which were played during the ball:

 

"Kunstlerleben (Artist's Life), Op.316"

(1867)

Written by Johann Strau?

First waltz played at the ball

 

and

 

"Rosen aus dem S?den (Roses from the South), Op.388"

(1880)

Written by Johann Strau?

Played at the ball and danced by Irene Dunne with Alan Marshal and other couples

[kp400]

Thank you, thank you & thank you again!

[CineSage_jr]

I think that you may end up confusing all non-Germans who read this with the German spelling of Written by Johann Strau? (Americans, never very interested in, or adaptable to, foreign languages and spellings, are apt to take the last character to be a "b")

 

For the rest of us, it's "Strauss" (which is also considered a proper spelling in German).

 

PS: The rest of the film's score was by MGM's resident hack, Herbert Stothart.

[JackBurley]

I think you're underestimating us non-Germans, CineSage. This American is interested in foreign languages and spellings anyway...

[pandorainmay]

As an American who likes to spell words correctly too, (even those pesky foreign ones), I'm shocked and chagrined that you allowed yourself to be distracted by your point about Germanic characters and missed the opportunity to question the original poster about the word "surplanting"!

 

My stars, Cine, you've been supplanted in my eyes as a strict grammarian by my new image of you as simply a lexographer. Hear that sound? It's the heart of this humble scribe---breaking.

[BallofFire]

Hi, CineSage jr,

It was a simple case of cut and paste from another website- I didn't bother changing it as I was sure everyone would understand who it was.