Emil Waldteufel (1837 - 1915) France Emile Waldteufel (December 9, 1837?February 12, 1915) was a French composer of popular music as well as waltzes and polkas.
Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg, France. The name "Waldteufel" sounds German, and Alsace was a former German territory that had been part of France since 1793. It was not generally known that his ancestry was also Jewish.[citation needed]