The asteroid was discovered on January 30, 1995 and was named after Hungarian composer Franz Lehár.
The Viennese comic opera was written by Victor Leon, Franz Lehár, and Leo Stern.
Franz Lehár has composed an operetta Friederike on the foundation of the love-affair (1928).
In 1913 he met with Franz Lehár, for whom he wrote the libretto of the 1916 operetta Der Sterngucker (The Stargazer).
He was one of the composers who bridged the 'Golden Age' of operetta with the new influence of the emerging 'Silver Age', with composers such as Franz Lehár, who would dominate the operetta scene for many years later on.
The official switch from jazz to classical occurred on January 1, 1990, and began with selections from Franz Lehár's operetta The Land of Smiles.
Lily Elsie (8 April 1886 – 16 December 1962) was a popular English actress and singer during the Edwardian era, best known for her starring role in the hit London premiere of Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow.
In later years he used a baton inherited from Franz Lehár, that had been originally owned by Johann Strauss and contained Strauss's initials engraved in silver.
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Regular guests of the Café in the early twentieth century included: Peter Altenberg, Alban Berg, Hermann Broch, Elias Canetti, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Karl Kraus, Franz Lehár, Robert Musil, Leo Perutz, Joseph Roth, Roda Roda, Egon Schiele, Georg Trakl, Otto Wagner and Franz Werfel.
The theatre has also seen many international artists including Franz Liszt, Sarah Bernhardt, Franz Lehár, Richard Strauss, Gerard Philipe, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Jean-Louis Barrault, Peter Brook, Mario del Monaco, José Carreras.
Meanwhile she was invited from classical music circles where she played Béla Bartók, Franz Lehár, Sarasate, Debussy, Saint Sean, Fritz Kreisler, De Falla, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Franz Liszt, Max Bruch, Georg Boulanger, Bach, Vivaldi, Spohr, etc.
On 5 September 2007, Fontosh sang at the Värmland Classic Festival together with José Carreras, among the pieces was Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow".
Important artists were and are Schlaraffen (for example, Franz Lehár, Gustl Bayrhammer, Peter Rosegger and many more).
There are several other monuments, e.g. of Franz Schubert, Franz Lehár, Robert Stolz and Hans Makart; the Stadtpark is the park with the largest number of monuments and sculptures in Vienna.