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"Gartenlaube Waltz", Op. 461, German: "Gartenlaube-Walzer" (Arbor waltz) is the title of a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II. The waltz was dedicated to readers of the magazine Die Gartenlaube, a German weekly for the middle class, which became the most-read magazine in 1890s Germany.
It was first performed in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein on 6 January 1895, conducted by the composer and in the presence of the composers Carl Goldmark, Johannes Brahms and Richard Heuberger. It was so successful that the enthusiastic applause demanded an immediate encore. It was played again a week later in a concert by Eduard Strauss who introduced it to London audiences in his concerts at the Imperial Institute in Kensington, starting on 11 May 1896. In a Royal Command Performance for Queen Victoria on 30 May 1895 in Buckingham Palace, it was played under the title "Garden-Bower Waltz".