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the scandal that taught Europe to hold someone close and spin.
means A smooth ballroom dance in triple time where partners turn together, or the music written for it; also, by extension, to move or arrive with breezy, effortless confidence.
from From German walzen, 'to roll, turn, or revolve,' which gives us the picture exactly: bodies rolling and turning across a floor. It entered English in the late 18th century, and the dance scandalized polite society because partners actually embraced and spun close together — shocking after centuries of stately, no-touching court dances. The figurative sense of breezing in ('he waltzed right in') grew naturally from that confident, gliding motion.
- once banned
- Condemned as obscene for its shocking closed embrace
- name origin
- From German walzen, meaning to roll or revolve
- speed split
- Viennese version spins nearly twice as fast
- royal seal
- Queen Victoria's love made it respectable
- time signature
- Built entirely on counts of three
gold and silver waltz — franz lehár's 1902 composition, vienna's official waltz after the blue danube
blue danube — johann strauss ii's 1867 waltz, austria's national symbol and most performed waltz worldwide