Adela’s Aria (The Laughing Aria), from Die Fledermaus (string quartet)

Title: Adela’s Aria (The Laughing Aria), from Die Fledermaus

Composer: Johann Strauss, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello

Printout: 4 pages

Note: Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is one of Strauss’s most popular operettas, and the Laughing Aria or Laughing Song is among its highlights.

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More opera waltzes for string quartet:

Musetta’s Waltz (Quando me n’vo), from La Boheme
Waltz, from The Merry Widow
Waltz, from Faust