Romanian Composers, by Ionela CC COMPOZITORI | Page 4

IOSIF IVANOVICI
1845 – 1902
The Serbian composer and
conductor, wrote over 350
dance pieces and marches.
The most famous of his
compositions was the waltz
Waves of the Danube which
took the audience by storm at
the 1889 Exposition
Universelle in Paris.
The famous waltz was used
as a soundtrack in the film
“Waves of the Danube” by
Liviu Ciulei .
.” In 1946 its distinctive
main theme gained
renewed familiarity when
adapted by Al Jolson and
Saul Chaplin as the
“Anniversary Song” (“Oh!
how we danced on the
night we were wed”) in the
film “The Jolson Story”.