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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.
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]
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 ').
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 ...
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]
The entire waltz section 4 is in B-flat as well, and waltz section 5 is wholly in E-flat. Waltz 5B contains the customary climax with cymbals and is loudly played. After a brief and tense coda, waltz 1A and 2B make a reappearance. As the waltz approaches its end, the zither solo makes another appearance, reprising its earlier melody in the ...
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 ...
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.