Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-10-27
BIRTH OF THE Waltz
THE DANCE HAD ITS ORIGIN EITHER
NJ FRANCE OR GERMANY.


and Tor n Time rIad Fashionable
Society In nm uproar.
No exact date can be ascribed to the
Introduction Of the waltz into England
from France. In 1900 Gllray published
a caricature Of a couple waltzing,
with the note that this vas Intended
for a quiz upon the then foreign dance,
Waiting" Again in 1910 Che same art
ist published another sketch, entitled
ia Walse, lie Bon Genre" with the
note '"The walse was at this time new
in England and just coming into fash
lon"
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 to write. How
uneasy an English mother would feel
60 see her daughter so unfamiliarly
treated and stili more to note the
obliging manner In which the free
dom Is returned by the females"
Raikes in his journal declares that
uU tNtlL NftL HANnlNNA 81 EANaN Il
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.
lie relates how the mornings, which
had hitherto been dedicated to loung-
ing IN the park, were now absorbed ut
home In practicing the figures Of a
French quadrllle or whirling a chair
round the room to learn the step and
measure OF the German waltz.
1t was danced at Almack's by a few
very bold spirits, notably Lord Palmer
ston, Nine. de Lieven, Princess Ester
hay and Baron Neumann, and thus
became a matter of exhibition, the
whole company standing Oh benches to
view the performance.
However, the antlwaltzing party took
the alarm and cried 1t down. Mothers
forbade It, and every ballroom became
a scene Of feud and contention. How
profound was Its u%npopularity in GER
tain quarters is proved by the pasqul-
nades leveled against It. The famous
seven lines commencing
what! Tho girl 1 adore by another en-
braced!"
are commonly attributed to Byron,
though they were published anony-
mously in 1872, 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 thu
following diatribe;
How arts Improve in this Inspiring agel
Peers mount the box. and horses tread the
stage,
while waitzlng females, with unblushlnl
Disdain to dance but In a mans EN-.
brace.
"The waltz, however" continues
Ralkes, struggled successfully through
NIL It's difficulties. F%laurhault, who was
la leu du pois' in Paris, came over
and with n host Of others drove the
prudes into their ln-trenchments. And
when the Emperor Alexander was seen
Waiting around the roof at Almack's,
with his tight uniform and numerous
decorations, they surrendered at discre-
ton"
1t Is a moot point whether the waltz
originated in France or Germany,
whether 1t came from the French LA
Volta" or the German national dance,
the LANDER" According to French
authorities, La Volta was simply the
waltz a trois temps. Provence was It's
birthplace, and it was first introduced
at the court Of Henry II. at Fontaine.
bleau In 1865 by the Comte de Saulte
who Is said to have invented it, fol-
many called it La Volta de Saulte, and
the name is suitable both because OF
the etymology Of the word and the
character OF the dance.
II enjoyed a great run throughout
France and even penetrated to Scot
land, where 1t met with furious opposi
ton, one writer averring that its i'm
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 wal
about TIE last heard OF II.
The case for Germany Is that thu
first waltz tune appeared In 1870 / n
popular song called 20 dn lieber Au
gustin." From Germany the dance
made its way to Vienna and was intro
duced into the opera, while by and b!
a found its way to France, whence /
came to England-"the insidlous waltz
this Imp Of Germany, brought up ii
France"
The waltz when first danced In Lon
don was a slow movement n troll
temps, and the early English walt
compositions were very poor. Straus
came to London in 1897 to play at AL
mack's, and his waltz music created
perfect furOre. 1t killed the old troll
temps waltz, and the deux temp
usurpsd its place. Now that the fascl
nation Of the waltz Is all powerful, It !
difficult TO realize the cOmmOtlon its In
PRODUCTION caused.-London Globe.
s~Idetrpcked.
II was looking about IN Bargen'