The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-02
BIRTH OF THE WALTZ
THE DANCE HAD ITS ORIGIN EITHER
IN FRANCE OR GERMANY.

% "HASsSt Sea1GHt In TfloG Country
and For . Taae Had Fashionable
Society Ia an UDFoar.
No exact date can be ascribed to the
introduction of the waits into England
from France. In 1900 Gilray published
.caricature Of q couple waltzing,
with the note that "this was intended
for quiz upon the then foreign dance,
waltzing" Again In 1910 the same art
ist published another sketch, entitled
La Walse, LIE Bon Genre" with tho
note, 1.-The walse was at this time new
In England and just coming into fash.
ion."
The fame. or. rather, notoriety, of the
new dance had, however, reached
England some years previously. DR..
Burney had seen 1t danced In Paris in
1850 and was moved 10 write, How
uneasy an English mother would feel
to see her daughter so unfamiliarly
treated and still more to note the
obliging manner In which the free
dom is returned by the females"
Raikes in his journal declares that
mo event ever produced SO great q
sensation In English society as the In.
PRODUCTION Of the German waltz"
which he attributes to Baron Neu-
mann and others about the year 1911.
He relates how the mornings, which
had hitherto been dedicated to loung-
ing in the park, were now absorbed at
home In practicing the figures of a
French Quadrille or whirling q chair
round the room to learn the step and
measure Of the German waltz.
It was danced at Almack's by few
very bold spirits, notably Lord Palmer
ston, Nine. de Lieven, Princess Ester
hazy and Baron Neumann, ana thus
became d matter Of exhibition the
whole company standing on benches to
view the performance.
However, the antiwaltzing party took
the alarm and cried it down. Mothers
forbade it, and every ballroom became
a scene Of feud and contention. How
profound was Its unpopularity in GER
tain quarters is proved. by the pasqui-
nades leveled against 1t. The famous
seven lines commencing
"What! The girl adore by another en-
braced!"
are commonly attributed to Byron,
though they were published anony-
mously In 1912, and some authorities
give Thomas Moore as the author. An
impromptu purporting to be addressed
by an indignant lover to his betrothed
and her partner echoes Byron's feel
ings:
You've brushed the bloom from. the
peach,
From the rose it's soft hue:
what you've touched you may take.
Pretty waltzer, adieu.
Another poet delivered himself Of the
following diatribe:
How arts improve in this inspiring age!
Peers mount the box, and horses tread the
stage,
While Waiting females. with unblushing
Disdain to dance but in a mans. en-
brace.
.eThe waltz, however" continues
Raikes, struggled successfully through
all its difficulties FlaurhauIt, who was
Ia fieur du pois' in Paris, came over
and with host of others drove the
prudes into their intrenchments. And
when the Emperor Alexander was seen
waltzing around the roof at Almack's,
with his tight uniform and numerous
decorations, they surrendered at discre.
ton"
It is moot point whether the waltz
originated In France or Germany,
whether it came from the French LA
Volta" or the German national dance,
the LANDER" According to French
authorities, La Volta was simply the
waltz trois temps. Provence was Its
birthplace, ana it was first introduced
at the court of Henry II. at Fontaine-
bleau in 1866 by the Comte de Saulte,
who Is said to have invented IL, for
many called 1t La Volta de Saulte, and
; the name Is suitable both because Of
the etymology of the. word and the
character of the dance.
It enjoyed great run throughout
France and even penetrated to Scot
land, where it met with furious opposi-
ton, one writer ayerring that Its Inn
portation into France had been effect
ed by the power Of witches. Mary Stu
art: once exhibited her agility In this
dance, but she was, careful not to re-
peat the experiment, and this was
about the last heard of it.
The case for Germany is that the
first waltz tune appeared in 1910 In q
popular song called 20 du lieber Au-.
gustln." From Germany the dance
made its way to Vienna and was intro
&dnced into the opera, while by and by
J II found its way to France, whence 1t
came to England-"the insIdious waltz,
this imp OF Germany, brought up in
France sG. &, Ks; II
The waltz when first danced In Lon.
don was a slow movement a. trois
temps, and the early English waltz
competitions were very poor. Strauss
came to- London In 1887 to play at, Al
mack's; and his waltz music created
perfect furore. 1t killed the old trois
temps waltz, and the deux temps
3usurped Its place. Now that the fascl-:
nation of the waltz is all powerful, It Is
Stliffle 90 to realize the commotion It's in-,
&,t salection caused. London Globe. s.s ii,
t 8,
~ q iS SidctracHked.
4 4 q 81 was looking about In Bargen's
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