The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-29
THE SCRANTON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., MARCH %, 1899

as he executed the four movements
described above.
At the court of Nalois the volte was
a favorte dance. especially with cath
crime de Medici, while Henry II was
charmed with the Psalm which Clement
Marot set to an air Of the volte, think
iuE perhaps. that what came from the
church should go back to the church,
The vote, as did later the waltz. turned
the heads Of this court. The queen,
Marguerite de Navarro, wife of Henry
~. was an admirable volteuse.
After the corrupt court of Naluis had
been dispersed by the league and Henry
III, the last Of the great volteurs, had
fallen under the knife Of Jacques Gle
maut, this dance disappeared forever
irum court, city and people. Though
70 grCatly rescmbled the waltz, the tat
r.r did not descend from 1t directly,
'Jt was rather the younger sister OF 1t.
iu fact. the romnasCa, transported,
o., we have said, to Provence ami
.Cthcrn Germnay, was developed in
IN So countries very differently. in
"GultnCo into the Vailard and vote,
t hill the Germans. more dreamy and
slow. changed the romarcsCa inlo the
ncrman and waltz.
The Volte sucuumhCd while Young to
oblivion. I'm the sixteenth century. by
very reason Of it's excess. but the ger
man lived long and produced the waltz
W hich rciFns today.
about 1iSG an incident occurred which
ended to fix definitely the waltz among
., rman customs In it's present form
Jnd name, placing it in high society
md making il known to foreigners.
rhs was its introduction in opera by
'iU,ent Martin. Una Cosa Nara," ,"
which. in 17>7, dethroncd, at Vienna,
Nhe Figaro" of Mozart. Four char
actors I'm this opera. Lubia, Vita, Chita
and LILA, dressed in black and rose
color, danced on the stage the first
waltz.
The favorable reception of the opera
naturally drew the attention of society
ID the dance. and under the name of
rusa vara it Immediately became the
iashion. and shortly afterward assumed
the name of waltz, by which it has
been known ever since.
Thus from the touridion of the aristO-
cratic dance. transformed by the peo-
pl" was born the rOmanesca, which
became IN France the gaillard ant
volte, ana in Germany, through var.
iouS stages. emerged at last into q
waltz, and this last avatar of the ole
dance of the eleventh century seems
to be installed definitely and TO have
! fixed the fancy of the world.
The waltz has always had, and al
ways will have, appreciation and op'
position, but it has triumped over al
and today it's musical rymth, 50 charm
ing and captivating. which Beethoven
and Chopin disdained not TO immortal
ize, Is to be heard on every side. 9TH,
Invitation t. the Waltz by Weber
magnifcently orchestrated by Berlios
| is celebrated. OF course, it must b.
remembered that these watzcs wer,
composed to be listened to rather thar
danced to.
Recently the classical waltz has beer
obscured by a newcomer Of American
origin, which is called-I do not know
, why THE Boston" There is no dane
; Of tnat name in America, and if on
, asks a young American for ''un tour d
Boston" she does not know of what yol
speak. This is a very slow and glisse
) waltz, in which the gyratory mcVemen
= lis rare: in fact, produced only ever
eight or the measures. and then siowl
, and almost insensibly.
t On the other hand, the waltz as
= | Is danced in Germany, is very lively
I the gyrations very rapid and frequent
: | The slower waltz has the advantag g
: in that it admits of conversation,
| less montonOus to watch and cause
less ICES VertiGes ct tOUrnoiments d
I tete," which so disturbed the goo
| Thoinot Arbeau.
:, In the same way that the costume
and manners Of the world change, tn
: waltz, too, is evolutionzed-adapt
the conditions surrounding it. Thi
{ dance has dethroncd more noble dance
f the pavana, gavotte and minuet. w
, have not time enough to learn thcs
complicated dances, and the waltz ma
. in its turn, be supplanted by some
thing easier. Perhaps the future ger
y eratiOns, entirely occupied in other d
q rections, will regard dancing as a chile
f ish pastime belonging to the barbarou
4 days of their ancestors
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