Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-29
THE BIRTH or THE WALTZ

~ b''N ' - ~ ~ M ! a.
No oSact date can be ascribod 10 the
introduction Of the WatB into Eng.
land from France, I'm 1900 Glray pub.
lighc1 a cQrIcature Of u couple watlalng,
With the note that this was intended
for q quiz upon the then foreign dance,
wult2Ins' Again in 1910 the same art.
isl published another sketch, entitled
Ma Walse, ic Bon Genre" with the
note, THE wasc Wps nj this time now
IN HnglNnd ana just coming into FASH
iou,"
The fame, or rather, uoloHcty, Of the
new dU0co had, however reached
Enallnd somc years previously, Or,
Bumcy had seen II danced IN Paris In
$50 and was moved to write, How
uneasy nm English mother would feel
20 see her daughter so unf0mlliarly
treated and sull moro to note the
obllgng manner In which the fr,s-
dom 10 returned by the females
Rabes IN his journal declares that
mo event ever produced ~ great u
sonudiion In English society ~ the IN
PRODUCTION Of the German waltz"
which he attributes to Baron Ncu.
mann ana olhors about the year 1911,
Ne relates how the mornings, which
had hitherto been dedicated 20 loung.
ms IN the park. were now absorbed AT
home In practising the nguros Of n
French quadrlio ar whiNmg chair
round the room to learn the stop and
measure Of the German waltz,
II Wag danced at Ahmackg by few
very bold spirtl notably Lord Palmer.
gton Mmo. dc l.lcyon, Princess Ester.
hasy and Baron Noumonn aud mus
became a matter Of exhibition, the
whole company standing ON benches to
Wow the performance,
However. the untIWalt2ng party took
the alarm ana crlod II down, Mothers
forbade II ana every ballroom became
"a scene of feud ana contention How
profound was ~ unpopularity IN ccr-
tain quarters IN proved by the pasQui-
nados leyoled against IT, Tho famous
seven lines commencing
what The cr adore by another
embraced"
are commonly attributed 10 byron.
enough they we're published anony.
m0usly IN 1872 and some authorities
give Thomas Moore as the author M
lmpromptu purpoTlng 60 be addressed
by an indignant lover 10 his botrOthod
and her porlno, echoes Byrone feel
Ings
You've brushed the bloom from the
peach
From the rose lis soft hue
What you've touched YOU may take
Pretty Wall2or adlou,
Another poet delivered himself OF the
following dintrlbc'
How arts improve IN this Inspiring agol
pcers mount the box, and horses tread
the stage,
While wallglng females, with mblush,
lng face,
DNdah TO dance but IN mans ON,
brace,
"Thc waltz, however continues
Rakos. "atrugglod successfully through
all 90 dinlculilos Flaurh0ull, who was
ia neur du pola," IN Parts, camr over
aud with hos OF others drove <hN
prudcs into their Entertainments And
whom the Emperor Alexander was seen
walt2ng around the roof az Almacka
with his tight uniform and numerous
decorations, they surrendered Nt dlscro.
ton"
II " n moot point whether the Wnltg
originated IN Nradc or Germany,
whether II came from tho French "l,A
Volta or the German national dance,
the Lander" According 10 French
authorities, IA Volta waa simply the
w0llS a lrois temps Provence was Ils
birthplace and II was first introduced
~ the court ~ Henry II NJ fontOlno.
blc0u IN lbhS by the Comic dc eoultc,
who IN said 10 have invented H. Tor
many called II Ia Volta dc Saullt ana
the nomo Ia suitable both because OF
the etymoloRy OF the word ana the
character Of the dance,
II enjoyed u HroNt run throughout
France and even penetrated 10 scot.
land, where II met with furious opp0a-
ton, one writer Ovowlng that ltH Inn.
porlAtl0n into France had boon effect.
cd by the power OF witches Moru Stu.
an once exhibited her agility IN this
dance, but she was careful not ~ re.
peat the experiment ana this was
about the last heard Of II.
Tho c1No FOR Germany ~ that tho
nrst waits tune appeared IN 1870 IN
popular song called 20 du lIobcr Au.
euetm" From uermNny lho dance
nlndo rs way IN Vienna aud was intro.
ducod into the opera while 10y ana nv
II found ne way 10 France vAhnco II
onino 10 England "lhe msldIous waltz,
this inn Of Germany brought Mp IN
Franco"
Tho waltz when nrAl danced In l,Qn-
don was a slow movement a truIa
toNps, ma The curly English waits
compositions were very poor strauss
came to London IN 1897 TO play AT Al.
inscks, ana Ills waits music created ID
perfect hlrolo' II KILLED tho old iroIa
temps WALTZ mud tho dcuy temps
llsllrpod ~ place Now that The tnecl.
nation of the waits n all powerful, il
N ulflloult 10 realise the coinmoiion
ile Introduction caused, London Globe.