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  2. Viennese waltz - Wikipedia

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    Viennese waltz (German: Wiener Walzer) is a genre of ballroom dance. At least four different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese waltz.

  3. Vienna Waltzes - Wikipedia

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    Balanchine had been exposed to Viennese dancing since his youth, and had used the 3 4 time signature, which is commonly used in waltz, in some of his works, including Les Valses de Beethoven (1933), The Bat (1936), Waltz Academy (1944), La Valse (1951), Valse Fantaisie (1953), Liebeslieder Walzer (1960) and Trois Valses Romantiques (1967). [1]

  4. List of dances and marches by Karl Michael Ziehrer - Wikipedia

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    The waltz opens with rhythmic refrains taken from the trio in Ziehrer's polka Schneidig!, op. 387. The waltz is given its title from the original refrain of Girardi’s song Für Herz und Seel’ ist Ruh’ nur g’sund, ich lach (' For heart and soul rest is wholesome - I laugh ').

  5. Dorfschwalben aus Österreich - Wikipedia

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    Dorfschwalben aus Österreich (Village Swallows from Austria), Op. 164, is a Viennese waltz composed by Josef Strauss in 1864 or 1865. [1] It was inspired by August Silberstein's novel Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. It was premiered at the Volksgarten, Vienna, on September 6, 1864 (1865?). The polka-mazurka "Frauenherz" was premiered at the ...

  6. Morgenblätter - Wikipedia

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    Waltz 3A and 3B (F major) is more robust and quicker than the previous sections whereas waltz 4A in B-flat major is quiet and brooding. Waltz 4B erupts in joy for a brief section and proceeding to repeat waltz 4A. Waltz 5A is the climax of the work, in E-flat major and is punctuated with the brass instruments, particularly the trombones.

  7. Waltz - Wikipedia

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    The waltz (from German Walzer ⓘ, meaning "to roll or revolve") [1] is a ballroom and folk dance, in triple (3 4 time), performed primarily in closed position. Along with the ländler and allemande, the waltz was sometimes referred to by the generic term German Dance in publications during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. [2]

  8. Natural and reverse turns - Wikipedia

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    Natural turn" and "reverse turn" are names of syllabus figures in waltz, Viennese waltz, foxtrot, quickstep. In addition, the words "natural" and "reverse" are used in some other figures that amount to turning to the right or left, respectively, e.g. natural twist turn in tango and foxtrot. The name "natural" has two explanations.

  9. Wein, Weib und Gesang - Wikipedia

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    Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Woman, and Song), Op. 333, is a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss II. It is a choral waltz in its original form, [ 1 ] although it is seldom heard in this version today. It was commissioned for the Vienna Men's Choral Association 's so-called Fools' Evening on 2 February 1869 with a dedication to the Association's ...