Possible Clues:

• ''Merry Widow'' composer
• Composer of "The Merry Widow"
• Dvor‡k disciple
• Hard to get into tragic subject for composer
• His music's simple harmonies give away composer
• Composer finding king hard-hearted
• Hear after half a century that his widow was merry
• Franz -, composer (The Merry Widow)
• King Henry's coming in as a composer
• Franz - -