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Ballroom Dances (19th Century) Waltz 1) People ... - South Axholme

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<strong>Waltz</strong>es Started Simple and Ended Up Complex<br />

The first waltzes were written in binary with two 8-bar repeated sections<br />

SECTION A<br />

SECTION A<br />

repeated<br />

SECTION B<br />

SECTION B<br />

repeated<br />

Then pairs of waltzes were grouped together to make ternary form<br />

SECTION A SECTION A SECTION B SECTION B<br />

<strong>Waltz</strong> 1<br />

repeated repeated<br />

SECTION A SECTION A SECTION B SECTION B<br />

<strong>Waltz</strong> 2<br />

repeated<br />

repeated<br />

<strong>Waltz</strong> 1<br />

SECTION A<br />

SECTION A<br />

repeated<br />

SECTION B<br />

SECTION B<br />

repeated<br />

1) Joseph Lanner (another composer from Vienna) and Johan Strauss the Elder made waltzes<br />

even longer and more complex. They strung five or more waltz tunes together. Each tine last 16-<br />

32 bars and is in binary or ternary form. They also added slow introductions and codas.<br />

2) Johann (baby) Strauss wrote two of the most famous longer waltzes - The Blue Danube and<br />

Tales from the Vienna Woods.

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