Waltz (music)
A waltz (German: Walzer; French: Valse, Italian: Valzer, Spanish: Vals, Polish: Walc), probably deriving from German of the chord on the first beat, the upper notes on the second and third beats.
History
The name "waltz" comes from the
volta, firm evidence is lacking connecting this Italian form to the earliest occurrence in the mid‑18th century of walzen to describe dancing.[1]
Classical composers traditionally supplied music for dancing when required, and
Waltz of the Flowers" by Tchaikovsky, "Waves of the Danube" by Ivanovici, and Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2.[citation needed] 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Abdulaziz, also composed a waltz named "Invitation to Waltz".[3]
The long period of the waltz's popularity was brought to an end by the
slow waltz, which rose to popularity around 1910 and was derived from the valse Boston of the 1870s. Examples derived from popular songs include "Ramona" (1927), "Parlami d’amore, Mariù" (1933), and "The Last Waltz" (1970).[1]
Jazz waltzes
In a
duple meter.[6] It was in 1938 that noted jazz-influenced classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote the Jazz Suite in 3/4 time.[citation needed] It was only shortly after the "bop waltz" appeared in the early 1950s (e.g., Thelonious Monk’s recording of Carolina Moon in 1952 and Sonny Rollins’s Valse Hot in 1956) that triple meter became at all common in jazz.[6]
See also
- Austrian folk dancing
- Ländler
- Schuhplattler
- Waltz (dance)
- Zwiefacher
References
- ^ a b c Lamb, Andrew (2001). "Waltz". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Second ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ "The Story Behind The Blue Danube". classicfm.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ SULTAN ABDÜLAZİZ - VALSE DAVET, retrieved 2023-08-21
- ^ Frazier, Aidan (February 2016), An Interview with British/Australian Composer Julian Cochran: Animation Suite (PDF), [S.l.] Monaco: Robert Bremner Publishing, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-12, retrieved 12 March 2016
- ISBN 1561592846.
- ^ ISBN 1561592846.
Further reading
- Kemp, Peter (2001). "Strauss". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Second ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Kennedy, Michael; Bourne, Joyce, eds. (2006). "Waltz". The Oxford Dictionary of Music (Second revised ed.). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198614593.
