“Author: In Vienna — Ábrahám, in Pest — Krasznai-Krausz
Yesterday afternoon, the waltz war that broke out between Pál Ábrahám and Mihály Krasznai-Krausz over the four measures that happen to be the same note for note in the waltzes of the operettas A Tale from the Grand Hotel and The Yellow Lily came before the Austrian Authors’ Association (A. K. M.) Court of Rights. The trial was preceded by a barrage of sharp statements, but the trial itself ended peacefully: the court ruled that there was no question of plagiarism, because both composers had written their waltzes independently a long time ago. Krasznai-Krausz stated that he had no intention of accusing Ábrahám of plagiarism, while Ábrahám stated that he did not doubt Krasznai-Krausz’s good faith. Finally, they agreed that in Vienna the number would continue to be included in the Abraham piece and would be left out of the next production of The Yellow Lily, while in Budapest the Grand Hotel would be performed without the waltz in question. The matter was thus concluded to public satisfaction, with no winner or loser.”