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 [ J. B. Roth wrote in 011229 MMDigest, Unknown Waltz Song:
 [
 [> Hi Robbie,  I have a roll that's missing the label, and on that
 [> roll is this waltz.  Can you or anybody on the MMD mailing list
 [> identify it?
 [
 [ J.B. supplied a MIDI file  which we placed at the MMD Sounds site
 [ at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Sounds/unkwalz1.mid (3 kb, hand-played).

Hello All,  Having listened to this waltz tune on the Sounds page,
I immediately knew that I had it on a roll somewhere.  The problem
was to correctly identify it as so many tunes from that period sound
similar to one another.

Emmerich Kalman was suggested as composer, which I first thought
was correct as I was sure that the tune is from the 1914 Broadway
show, "Sari", music by Kalman.  But I finally tracked it down.

The tune turns out to be "Roses Bloom For Lovers," from the 1912
show, "Rose Maid," music composed by Granichstaedten.  I have the
song on two medley piano rolls; one is selections from the show
(Aeolian 99145, "Rose Maid Potpourri"), the other roll is a Herman
Avery Wade arrangement of popular hits from comic opera (Aeolian 99335,
"Gay Broadway Medley Overture").

So, if no-one ever did reply to this one, there it is!

Best regards
Paul Baker
Gosport, U. K.

 [ The operetta "Rose Maid" premiered in April, 1912, and ran
 [ for 181 performances at the Globe Theatre in New York.  Bruno
 [ Granichstaedten composed the music in 1908 for the Viennese
 [ operetta, "Bub oder Maedel [Laddie or Lassie]".  -- Robbie