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  2. Waltz (music) - Wikipedia

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    In a jazz context, "waltz" signifies any piece of music in 3/4 time, whether intended for dancing or not. [5] Although there are early examples such as the "Missouri Waltz" by Dan and Harvey’s Jazz Band (1918) and the "Jug Band Waltz" or the "Mississippi Waltz" by the Memphis Jug Band (1928), they are exceptional, as almost all jazz before 1955 was in duple meter. [6]

  3. Waltz - Wikipedia

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    The waltz (from German Walzer [ˈvalt͡sɐ̯]), 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]

  4. Commentary: Whence the waltz? What's behind the New ... - AOL

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    The waltz happens to be one of history’s great subversive endeavors. It has been an entertainment capable of subtly disquieting empire, class, sexuality, music and dance.

  5. International standard waltz - Wikipedia

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    International Standard Waltz is a waltz dance and danced to slow waltz music, preferably 28 to 30 bars per minute (84 to 90 beats per minute). [1] [2] Waltz music is in 3/4 time and the first beat of a measure is strongly accented. [3]

  6. Mephisto Waltzes - Wikipedia

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    The Mephisto Waltzes (German: Mephisto-Walzer) are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt from 1859 to 1862, from 1880 to 1881, and in 1883 and 1885. Nos. 1 and 2 were composed for orchestra, and later arranged for piano, piano duet and two pianos, whereas nos. 3 and 4 were written for piano only.

  7. Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Last Waltz’ Returns to Theaters for ...

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    By the time Martin Scorsese’s music documentary “The Last Waltz” premiered in 1978, the legendary Americana music progenitors the Band, whom the film explores, had gone from “Cahoots” to ...

  8. Viennese waltz - Wikipedia

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    Dancers. 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.

  9. Waltzes (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    Frédéric Chopin's waltzes are pieces of moderate length for piano, all written between 1824 and 1849. They are all in waltz triple meter, specifically 3/4 (except Op. P1/13, which is in 3/8 time), but differ from earlier Viennese waltzes in not being intended for dancing; nonetheless, several have been used in ballets, most notably Les Sylphides.