Editing Kaiser-Walzer (section)

{{short description|1889 waltz by Johann Baptist Strauss II}}
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[[File:Empfangskommitee für Kaiser Franz Joseph I. von Österreich und Kaiser Wilhelm II.jpg|thumb|Emperors [[Wilhelm II]] and [[Franz Joseph I]] during the latter’s visit to Berlin in 1889]]
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'''''Kaiser-Walzer''''', Op. 437 ('''''Emperor Waltz''''') is a [[waltz]] composed by [[Johann Strauss II]] in 1889. The waltz was originally titled ''Hand in Hand'' and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by [[Emperor of Austria]] [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]] on the occasion of his visit to the [[German Emperor]] [[Wilhelm II]] where it was symbolic as a 'toast of friendship' extended by [[Austria-Hungary]] to the [[German Empire]].

Strauss' publisher, [[Fritz Simrock]], suggested the title ''Kaiser-Walzer,'' since the title could allude to either monarch. The waltz was first performed in [[Berlin]] on 21 October 1889. The original cover of the piano edition bore the illustration of the [[Habsburg|Austrian]] Imperial Crown.