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"The Kiss Waltz" (1911)

Music by C. M. Ziehrer, Jerome Kern, and others
Lyrics by Matthew Woodward and others

  • Overture   (arranged by A. C. Manning)

ACT I   -   The Hotel Elektra in the Riviera.

  • No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "On the verdant Riviera, beautiful beyond compare, Art and Nature blended, city life and country air..."
  • No. 2 - Song and Dance - Antschi and Men - "Antschi's my name, flirting's my game, and men of ev'ry land I love to tease..."
  • No. 3 - Duet - Jenny and Paul - "People have said of you, she is too odd, do you think she has got good sense? ... And all because I have done as I wished..."
  • No. 4 - Nella's Entrance - "Our congratulations, fair Baroness! ... All thanks for your kindly expression ... Popular indeed, your well-earned success! ..."
  • No. 5 - Chorus - "Ta, ta, Little Girl" - "Ladies, howdy how do you howdy do! ... Cuckoo! ... You seem to think I merely said cock-a-doodle do! ..."   (3 verses)
  • No. 6 - Song - Kathi - "If you marries an ingrammatical man what's got no errydition, to learn him to talk on a genteel plan is a tough old preposition! ..."   (3 verses)
  • No. 7 - Duet - Nella and Guido - "To the only one I love, sir, that's the dedication here! ... You're a very clever lady, that's just the way the words appear..."
  • No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Oh grand Riviera!  Thou verdant Riviera!  Praise halts behind thee, no pćan could suffice..."

ACT II   -   The Villa Wildenberg.

Item 2 was composed by Leslie Stuart       Item 3 was written and composed by Mellor Lawrance and Harry Gifford
Items 5, 12, 13, 15 & 16 were composed by Jerome Kern     Item 6 was composed by Louis A. Hirsch
Items 7, 11 & 14 were composed by C. M. Ziehrer

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