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... that George Balanchine choreographed the ballet Vienna Waltzes as a tribute to Austria, using music by Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss? Source: "True to form, it is the New York City Ballet's artistic director at his most provocative again. And it is to Lehar, the composer of 'The Merry Widow,' along with Johann Strauss the Younger and Richard Strauss that Balanchine has turned for the music to his new 'Vienna Waltzes.'" ([1])