September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
With the minuet, sarabande, and suite, we have already seen that classical composers loved to use dances as compositional forms. Well, dust off your ballroom slippers, because we are now tackling the waltz.
This is yet another dance in triple meter, with a quick tempo and a strong emphasis on the first beat. The term comes through German from the Latin volvere, for the revolving and turning that is an essential part of the dance.
Waltzes were composed for orchestra and for piano, starting as accompaniment to dancers but eventually switching to concert waltzes. Franz Schubert ...
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