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Lajos Kiss was Hungarian, it seems. I would think it more likely this person:

Kuss, Margarita Ivanova, 1921-

The first initial is the same, and she is on OCLC 
with a couple of scores and a recording of songs. But no waltzes.

Alec

At 02:56 PM 5/21/2007, Steven Smolian wrote:
>It's probably Lajos Kiss.  Danube Waves?
>
>Steve Smolian
>
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>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Assistance Please with Russian Waltz
>
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>Arsclisters,
>
>I am having an awful time trying to nail down the author of a Russian waltz,
>title transliterated as "Amurskiye voln�" but translated variously as "Waves
>of the Amur River Waltz" or "Amur's Waves - Waltz" and almost anything in
>between.
>It is often identified as "Russian Traditional," but the composer's first
>initial is "M." and the last name variously given as "Kuss," "Cuess,"
>"Guess," - in cyrillic it is "Kiocc."
>What I'd like to find is a standardized spelling of the composer's name, the
>full surname and birth/death dates if possible. I understand that this is a
>very popular waltz in Russia, and it emerged during the Russo-Japanese War;
>one site provided the lyrics and dated the work to "1903-05," but alas,
>provided no composer name.
>
>David N. Lewis
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