Ion Ivanovici
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Ion Ivanovici (alternatively, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovici) (1845 - September 28, 1902) was a Romanian composer. He wrote over 350 dance pieces and marches, but today his only work known to the public is "The Waves of the Danube" (Romanian: Valurile Dunării) — listen here — a waltz, which was performed at the 1889 Paris Exposision and took the audience by storm.
A World War II film titled Valurile Dunării directed by Liviu Ciulei was produced in Romania in 1959, and the waltz by Ion Ivanovici was used in the film.