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Mon Rêve Waltz

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Mon Rêve Waltz is an orchestral waltz by the French composer Émile Waldteufel, composed in 1887. The French title means 'My Dream,' and the piece follows the ballroom-waltz tradition through a steady triple-meter pulse, recurring dance themes, and orchestral contrasts between sections. It forms part of Waldteufel's body of more than two hundred dance compositions and is relevant to performers and listeners exploring nineteenth-century salon music.

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What does Mon Rêve mean, and who composed it?

Mon Rêve means My Dream in French, and it is an orchestral waltz by Émile Waldteufel. The work is catalogued as a Romantic-era waltz for orchestra. [IMSLP catalogue](https://imslp.org/wiki/Mon_r%C3%AAve%2C_Op.151_%28Waldteufel%2C_Emile%29)

What year and opus number should be used for Mon Rêve Waltz?

Standard music catalogues identify it as Mon Rêve, Op. 151, and commonly date it to 1877. Some listings show 1887, but 1877 is the date used by major work catalogues. [IMSLP catalogue](https://imslp.org/wiki/Mon_r%C3%AAve%2C_Op.151_%28Waldteufel%2C_Emile%29)

What does the orchestral version of Mon Rêve sound like?

It follows the ballroom-waltz tradition with a steady triple-meter pulse, recurring themes, and contrasting orchestral sections. The original instrumentation is orchestra, although piano and piano-four-hands arrangements also exist. [IMSLP catalogue](https://imslp.org/wiki/Mon_r%C3%AAve%2C_Op.151_%28Waldteufel%2C_Emile%29)

How is Mon Rêve different from Waldteufel's The Skaters' Waltz?

Both are waltzes by Émile Waldteufel, but Mon Rêve is catalogued as Op. 151 while The Skaters' Waltz is Op. 183. Mon Rêve is associated with the title My Dream rather than the skating imagery of Les Patineurs.

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